Albania
Number of imprisoned women75
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)97.5
Austria
Number of imprisoned women632
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)821.6
Belgium
Number of imprisoned women534
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)694.2
Bulgaria
Number of imprisoned women221
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)287.3
Croatia
Number of imprisoned women92
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)119.6
Cyprus
Number of imprisoned women65
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)84.5
Czech Republic
Number of imprisoned women1,715
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)2,229.5
Denmark
Number of imprisoned women218
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)283.4
Estonia
Number of imprisoned women88
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)114.4
Finland
Number of imprisoned women243
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)315.9
France
Number of imprisoned women2,575
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)3,347.5
Germany
Number of imprisoned women3,342
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)4,344.6
Greece
Number of imprisoned women500
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)650
Hungary
Number of imprisoned women1,572
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)2,043.6
Ireland
Number of imprisoned women229
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)297.7
Italy
Number of imprisoned women2,615
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)3,399.5
Latvia
Number of imprisoned women249
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)323.7
Lithuania
Number of imprisoned women206
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)267.8
Luxembourg
Number of imprisoned women26
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)33.8
Malta
Number of imprisoned women43
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)55.9
Netherlands
Number of imprisoned women442
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)574.6
Norway
Number of imprisoned women157
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)204.1
Poland
Number of imprisoned women3,683
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)4,787.9
Portugal
Number of imprisoned women906
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)1,177.8
Romania
Number of imprisoned women1,085
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother*1,410.5
Slovakia
Number of imprisoned women
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)
Slovenia
Number of imprisoned women93
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)120.9
Spain
Number of imprisoned women4,007
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)5,209.1
Sweden
Number of imprisoned women664
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)863.2
Switzerland
Number of imprisoned women395
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)513.5
Turkey
Number of imprisoned women12,627
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)16,415.1
UK: England and Wales
Number of imprisoned women3,549
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)4,613.7
UK: Northern Ireland
Number of imprisoned women86
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)111.8
UK: Scotland
Number of imprisoned women328
Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned mother (using 1.3 parenting rate)426.4

Number of imprisoned women extracted from Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe.
1.3 parenting rate: 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. The above estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father has been calculated through the multiplication of male prisoners per country by the parenting rate, 1.3.