| Prison population total | 9,683 |
| Prison population rate (per 100,000) | 54 |
| Number of children separated from | |
| Imprisoned father (1.3 parenting rate) | 12,013.3 |
| Imprisoned mother (1.3 parenting rate) | 574.6 |
| Age limit of children living with their parent in penal institutions | 9 months or 4 years depending on the establishments |
Prison population total and prison rate per 100,000 are retrieved from Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe.
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned parent: extrapolation based on Champsaur, P., et al. (2002), L’Histoire familiale des hommes détenus, Paris : INSEE. The study found a parenting rate of 1.3 among male prisoners in France.
Age limit of children living in prison retrieved from Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe.