Austria | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 78 Female: 5 Total: 83 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 1 |
Belgium | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 0 Female: 0 Total: 0 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0 |
Bulgaria | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 49 Female: 0 Total: 49 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.7 |
Croatia | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 55 Female: 0 Total: 55 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 1.5 |
Cyprus | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 15 Female: 0 Total: 15 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 2.5 |
Czech Republlic | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 16 Female: 0 Total: 16 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 1 |
Denmark | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 4 Female: 0 Total: 4 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.1 |
Estonia | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 5 Female: 0 Total: 5 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.2 |
Finland | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 12 Female: 0 Total: 12 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.5 |
France | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: Female: Total: 752* |
Percentage of the total prison population | 1* |
Germany | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 593 Female: 0 Total: 593 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 10 |
Greece | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 30 Female: 0 Total: 30 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.3 |
Hungary | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 14 Female: Total: 14 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.08 |
Ireland | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 33 Female: 0 Total: 33 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.9 |
Italy | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 268* Female: 13* Total: 281* |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.3 |
Latvia | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 9 Female: Total: |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.3 |
Lithuania | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 22 Female: Total: |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.4 |
Luxembourg | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 0 Female: 0 Total: 0 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0 |
Malta | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 0* Female: 0* Total: 0* |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0* |
Netherlands | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 0 Female: 0 Total: 0 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0 |
Norway | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 7 Female: 0 Total: 7 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.2 |
Poland | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 931 Female: NA Total: 931 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 1.4 |
Portugal | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 35 Female: 0 Total: 35 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.3 |
Romania | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 241 Female: 0 Total: 241 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 1.32 |
Slovakia | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 68 Female: 0 Total: 68 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.6 |
Slovenia | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 4 Female: 0 Total: 4 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.3 |
Spain | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 0 Female: 0 Total: 0 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0 |
Sweden | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 23 Female: NA Total: 23 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.3 |
Switzerland | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 396* Female: 41* Total: 437* |
Percentage of the total prison population | 6.9 |
UK: England and Wales | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 381 Female: 0 Total: 381 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.5 |
UK: Northern Ireland | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 8 Female: 0 Total: 8 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 0.9 |
UK: Scotland | |
Number of juvenile / minor inmates | Male: 199 Female: 0 Total: 199 |
Percentage of the total prison population | 2.7 |
Total Number of juvenile / minor inmates | 4,276 |
Source: Aebi, M. F., Cocco, E., Molnar, L. & Tiago, M. M., (2022). SPACE I – 2021 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, Table 7.
Reference date for Croatia, Poland, and UK (England and Wales): 31st December 2020 (instead of 31st January 2021).
Reference date for Estonia and Latvia: 1st January 2020 (instead of 31st January 2021).
Reference date for Lithuania and Portugal: 1st January 2021 (instead of 31st Januay 2021).
Reference date for Sweden: 1st October 2020 (instead of 31st January 2021).
*France, number of imprisoned minors: retrieved from Observatoire International Des Prisons (Section Française), (reference date: 1st January 2021).
*Italy, number of imprisoned minors: retrieved from Antigone (“XVII rapporto sulle condizioni di detenzione. Ragazzi dentro. Minori e giovani adulti in carcere Minori e giovani adulti in carcere”), (reference date: 15th January 2021). Total percentage calculated with total prison population from COE SPACE I 2021 (reference date 31st January 2021) and information about juveniles from Antigone (reference date: 15th January 2021).
*Malta, number of imprisoned minors: retrieved from World Prison Brief (reference date: February 2021).
*Switzerland, number of imprisoned male and female minors: retrieved from the Federal Statistical Office of Switzerland (www.bfs.admin.ch) under the label “Juvenile detention: Juveniles in secured accommodation under juvenile law on reference day” (reference date: 2021). Total percentage calculated with number of minors retrieved from Swiss Federal Statistics (2021) and total prison population from COE SPACE I 2021.
(!) Austria is the only country in the COE SPACE I 2021 report which has data of male and female minors in prison.
Data are often Not Available (NA) or not yet inserted in the COE SPACE I 2021. The total number of juvenile inmates is based on acquired data, therefore is approximate.