Prison stock on 1st January 2020

Comments:

Austria
  • Total number of inmates: Among the 9 060 inmates, 8 464 are held in prisons.
Estonia
  • Total number of inmates: In addition on January 1st, there were 27 pre-trial detainees under police custody.
  • Capacity: In addition, there are 237 places in open prisons.
Germany
  • Total number of inmates: Data on 31st March 2019 instead of 1st January 2020.
  • Capacity: Data on 31st March 2019 instead of 1st January 2020.
Italy
  • Total number of inmates: Data on 31st December 2019 instead of 1st January 2020.
  • Capacity: Data on 31st December 2019 instead of 1st January 2020.
Netherlands
  • Data only concern people and places in prisons for adults.
  • Total number of inmates: Data on 31st December 2019 instead of 1st January 2020.
Poland
  • Total number of inmates: Data on 31st December 2019 instead of 1st January 2020.
  • Capacity: Data on 31st December 2019 instead of 1st January 2020.
Romania
  • Capacity: Calculated on the basis of 4 square meters per inmate.
San Marino
  • Capacity: There are 8 cells of which 4 can accommodate two inmates in bunk beds.
Serbia
  • Capacity: Three pavilions are under construction in two prisons with a total of 648 places. The completion of the works and the moving in of persons deprived of liberty is planned by the end of 2020.
Spain (State Administration)
  • Capacity: Calculation based on data for the whole territory of Spain and the Autonomous region of Catalonia .
Sweden
  • Total number of inmates: Data on 1st October 2019 instead of 1st January 2020; Inmates in remand prisons who are detained for other reasons than suspicion of crime, for example inmates taken in custody awaiting deportation, are excluded.
  • Capacity: Data on 1st October 2019 instead of 1st January 2020; Includes capacity for inmates in remand prisons who are detained for other reasons than suspicion of crime, for example inmates taken in custody awaiting deportation.
Switzerland
  • Total number of inmates: Data on 31st January 2020 instead of 1st January 2020.
Turkey
  • Total number of inmates: Data on 2nd January 2020 instead of 1st January 2020.
  • Capacity: Data on 2nd January 2020 instead of 1st January 2020.
UK: England & Wales
  • Total number of inmates: Data on 31st December 2019 instead of 1st January 2020; Data available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019.
  • Capacity: Corresponds to the useable capacity as at Data on 3rd January 2020, instead of 1st January 2020. Data available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2020.
UK: Northern Ireland
  • Total number of inmates: Are excluded inmates on temporary release.