| Prison population total | 87,489 |
| Prison population rate (per 100,000) | 154 |
| Number of children separated from | |
| Imprisoned father (1.3 parenting rate) | 109,122 |
| Imprisoned mother (1.3 parenting rate) | 4,613.7 |
| Age limit of children living with their parent in penal institutions | 18 months |
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 (the reference date for COE SPACE I 2024 is the 31st December 2023 instead of the 31st January 2024).
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.