In recent decades, the number of prisoners for 100 places has fluctuated in France. The year 1990 was the year with the highest density, with 124 prisoners per 100 places, whereas 2001 was the year with the lowest. In 2022, French prisons had an average of 114.3 prisoners per 100 operational places.
Since the 1980s, the number of prisoners in France has increased steadily.
Prison population density in France between 1990 and 2022
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Number of inmates per 100 places
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Ministère de la Justice. (January 3, 2023). Prison population density in France between 1990 and 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360792/prison-population-density-france/
Ministère de la Justice. "Prison population density in France between 1990 and 2022." Chart. January 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360792/prison-population-density-france/
Ministère de la Justice. (2023). Prison population density in France between 1990 and 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360792/prison-population-density-france/
Ministère de la Justice. "Prison Population Density in France between 1990 and 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360792/prison-population-density-france/
Ministère de la Justice, Prison population density in France between 1990 and 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360792/prison-population-density-france/ (last visited July 23, 2024)
Prison population density in France between 1990 and 2022 [Graph], Ministère de la Justice, January 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360792/prison-population-density-france/