Prison stock on 1st January 2023

CountryTotal number of inmates (including pre-trial detainees) 01.01.2023Total capacity of penal institutions 01.01.2023Prison density per 100 places, 01.01.2023Prison Population Rate per 100,000 inhabitants, 01.01.2023
Albania4935
565787.2178.7
Andorra6014840.573.5
Armenia2357449152.579.2
Austria89918485106.098.8
Azerbaijan246982567296.2243.9
Belgium107869722110.991.8
BH: BiH (state level)
BH: BiH (Total)
BH: Fed. BiH
BH: Rep. Srpska524131939.746.1
Bulgaria6501944968.8100.8
Croatia40733924103.8105.8
Cyprus973543179.2105.7
Czech Republic190522037393.5176.0
Denmark4106421797.469.2
Estonia2065333461.9151.2
Finland2839299194.951.0
France7217360670119.0106.0
Georgia95441165681.9255.4
Germany563257260677.666.8
Greece1052610175103.4101.3
Hungary1949918142107.5203.2
Iceland1401758036.1
Ireland4286445796.282.5
Italy5619651328109.595.5
Latvia3229482267.0171.5
Liechtenstein62030.015.1
Lithuania4973666474.6174.0
Luxembourg70591077.5106.7
Malta55995258.7103.1
Moldova90846868132.3361.5
Monaco278731.074.4
Montenegro1026133377.0166.4
Netherlands91391219075.051.3
North Macedonia2525257398.1138.0
Norway3044381679.855.5
Poland712288576883.0193.8
Portugal121881263796.4116.4
Romania2308219147120.6121.2
San Marino31225.08.9
Serbia107871195790.2161.9
Slovak Republic99381165385.3183.1
Slovenia14081349104.466.5
Spain (Catalonia)7729999577.3116.0
Spain (State Administration)464686315773.6115.7
Spain (Total)7729999577.397.8
Sweden86358220105.082.1
Switzerland6445719689.673.1
Republic of Türkiye341497289974117.8395.8
Ukraine427268889748.1116.2
UK: England & Wales818068438596.9136.8
UK: Northern Ireland1666207080.586.6
UK: Scotland7303776594.1131.9

Comments:

Bulgaria
  • Capacity: Reference date is 31 January 2022 (SPACE I 2022)..
Croatia
  • Capacity: It includes 126 places in prison hospital, but does not include 122 pleaces for juvenile offenders.
Cyprus
  • Total number of inmates:  The figure was provided by the Prison Institution. Data from the Police Department are not available at this time.
  • Capacity: The figure was provided by the Prison Institution. Data from the Police Department are not available at this time.
Cezch Republic
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 December 2022.
  • Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2022.
Finland
  • Total number of inmates:  Not including persons in probationary liberty under supervision (179) and persons in rehabilitation outside prisons (34).
France
  • Total number of inmates:  Source : Ministère de la justice / SG / SEM / SDSE
    Champ : France métropolitaine, départements d’outre-mer, collectivités d’outre-mer et Nouvelle-Calédonie.
  • Capacity: Source : Ministère de la justice / DAP / SDEX / Bureau de la donnée
    Champ : France métropolitaine, départements d’outre-mer, collectivités d’outre-mer et Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Germany
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 December 2022.
  • Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2022.
Ireland
  • Total number of inmates:  Irish Prison Service 4,252 /Juvenile Offenders 34 .
  • Capacity: Irish Prison Service 4,411/ Children Detention Campus 46.
Italy
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 December 2022.
  • Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2022.

    In Italy, the current regular capacity of penal establishments 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 sq m, plus 5 sq m for each further bed in multiple occupancy rooms.

Luxembourg
  • Capacity:  Opening of the new Uerschterhaff Penitentiary Center in December 2022. Effective capacity (in state of reception) on 1 January 2023 is 200 // Total capacity – 400
    During 2023, the total capacity of the 3 prison establishments will therefore increase to 1100.
Moldova
  • Capacity:  According to the order of the Ministry of Justice (nr.150 from June, 10 2022) regarding the establishment of the types of penitentiaries, the detention sectors created within them and the detention capacity for each institution, the total capacity of penal institution is 6868.
Monaco
  • Capacity:  The total number of cells is 35.
Montenegro
  • Total number of inmates:  The number of pre-trail detainees is 422 and the number of sentenced inmates is 604.
Netherlands
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 December 2022 (for adults only).
  • Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2022. This includes 1.821 of different types of reserve places. So 10.369 places are operational capacity.
Norway
  • Capacity: The number includes facilites which are temporalily closed due to rehabilitaion. .
San Marino
  • Capacity: The total number includes 8 cells that can hold 12 inmates.
Slovak Republic
  • Capacity:  Minimum accommodation area for one female inmate = 4 m2
    Minimum accommodation area for one male inmate = 3.5 m2
    Minimum accommodation area for one juvenile inmate = 4 m2.
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.
Switzerland
  • 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.
UK: England & Wales
  • Total number of inmates:  Reference date is 31 December 2022; published here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1131446/Population_31Dec2022.ods.
  • Capacity: Reference date is 30 December 2022; published here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1127216/population-bulletin-301222.ods.