Prison stock on 1 January 2024

Comments:

Albania
  • Total number of inmates: For year 2023, the number of the recidivists is 890.
  • Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024
Andorra
  • Capacity: Of the maximum 148 places, the places recommended by the CPT are 110.
Belgium
  • Total number of inmates:  January 1st generally has a significantly lower prison population due to a large amount of penitentiary leaves between 31 December and 1 January.
Bosnia Herzegovina (state level)
  • Total number of inmates:  This number icludes 215 prisoners, and 73 detainees,
  • Capacity: According to the state numbers, the capacity of the prison is 300 prison and 50 detention places.
Fed. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Total number of inmates:  This number includes 1328 sentenced prisoners and 360 remand prisoners.
  • Capacity: Capacity of institutions was 1759 for convicted persons and 294 for detained persons.
Croatia
  • Capacity: This figure do not include the capacities of educational institutions comprising 120 places.
Czechia
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 December 2023.
  • Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
France
  • Total number of inmates:  These figures do not include overseas territories.
  • Capacity: These figures do not include overseas territories.
Georgia
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 December 2023.
    – Total number of inmates was 9 868 of which 1 783 were accused and 8 085 were convicts.

  • Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
  • Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024.
Germany
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 December 2023.
    – Source: Federal Statistical Office (ed.), Bestand der Gefangenen und Verwahrten in den deutschen Justizvollzugsanstalten nach ihrer Unterbringung auf Haftplätzen des geschlossenen und offenen Vollzugs.
Hungary
  • Total number of inmates:  In addition to this figure, there were 117 temporarily admitted detainees, and 331 persons were in reintegration custody.
Iceland
  • Capacity:  22 cells were not in use due to renovation.
Italy
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 December 2023.
  • Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
  • The total number of places of the Italian prison system is calculated on the basis of a Decree of the Ministry of Health of 1975 relevant to civil houses; the parameters of said Ministerial Decree were wholly adopted by the Penitentiary Administration: in particular, the surface foreseen for a single room is 9 square meters, plus 5 square meters for each further bed in multiple occupancy rooms.
Latvia
  • Total number of inmates:  On 1 January 2024 there were 3271 inmates, including 2497 sentenced persons and 774 pre – trial detainees.
Monaco
  • Capacity: The total number of cells is 36.
  • Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024
Montenegro
  • Total number of inmates: The total number of persons deprived of liberty (convicted and detained) is 1046:

    – 541 are convicted persons (479 Montenegrin and 62 foreign citizens)

    – 505 are detained persons (388 Montenegrin and 117 foreign citizens).

  • Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024
Netherlands
  • Capacity:  Reference date is 31 December 2023.
    – This figure includes 1617 different types of reserve places. The operational capacity is 10453.
San Marino
  • Total number of inmates:  Only 1 inmate was in precautionary custody.
  • Capacity: Following the renovation and modernization works of this penitentiary structure, as of 1 January 2024 the capacity of the institution was equal to 2 cells out of a total of 8 cells, as the first phase of the renovation work on the first floor, in which 6 cells are located, was underway.
  • Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024
Serbia
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 January 2023.
  • Capacity: Reference date is 31 January 2023.
Türkiye
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 2 January 2023.
  • Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2022.
Spain (Catalonia)
  • Total number of inmates:  This year, the figure takes into account places for inmates who are in different semi-liberty modalities.
  • Population: Data recovered from https://www.idescat.cat/indicadors/?id=aec&n=15223&lang=en
Sweden
  • Total number of inmates:  The reported number is preliminary
  • Capacity: The reported capacity represents core (ordinary) capacity. Transport placings and seclusion, for example, are not included in these numbers.
Türkiye
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 2 January 2024.
Sweden
  • Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024
UK: England & Wales
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 December 2023.
  • Capacity: The figure represents the Useable Operational Capacity as at Friday 29 December 2023, published here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/658e98b680a3bb000d9d05c8/prison_pop_report_29_dec.ods
  • Population: Prevision for 1st July of 2024 found on https://www.ukpopulation.org/wales-population/ and https://www.ukpopulation.org/england-population/
Northern Ireland
  • Total number of inmates:  The data included in this total from the Northern Ireland Prison Service is currently under review.
  • Population: Prevision for 1st July of 2024 found on https://www.ukpopulation.org/northern-ireland-population/
Scotland
  • Population: Prevision for 1st July of 2024 found on https://www.ukpopulation.org/scotland-population/