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This study aims to provide the European Parliament with background information and policy recommendations concerning prisons and detention conditions in the European Union, on the basis of European and national regulations, legislation, policies and practices.
- Prison conditions in the Member States: selected European standards and ...
In 2014, prisons across the EU were holding over half a...
- Prisons and detention conditions in the EU
Prisons and detention conditions in the EU. This study,...
- Prison conditions in the Member States: selected European standards and ...
There were around 483 600 prisoners in the EU in 2022, which is still 12.5 % less than in 2012, when there were around 553 000 prisoners, the highest number since 1993. The number of prisoners in the EU rose by 24.0 % from 1993 to 2012, due to a previous rise in serious crimes across Europe [1] .
In 2022, there was one prison employee per 1.9 adult prisoners in the EU. This article presents European statistics on prison occupancy and expenditure. Prisoners' data are presented in the prison statistics article while prison personnel data are presented in the police, court and prison personnel statistics article.
12 maj 2023 · In 2021, there were 475 038 prisoners in the EU, equivalent to 106 prisoners per 100 000 people. The prisoner rate increased after a decline in 2020 (104 prisoners per 100 000 people) but remained the second-lowest figure since the turn of the century.
In 2014, prisons across the EU were holding over half a million inmates,1 including both convicted persons, serving their final sentence, and persons accused of a crime. Living conditions in prisons are regulated by numerous laws and guidelines: from constitutional
20 mar 2018 · The Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics, better known as SPACE (Statistiques Pénales Annuelles du Conseil de l’Europe) consist in two related projects. SPACE I provides data on imprisonment and penal institutions annually since 1983.
3 cze 2023 · Prisons and detention conditions in the EU. This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, aims to provide background information and policy recommendations concerning prisons and detention conditions in the EU, on the basis of ...
