| Prison population total | 59,045 |
| Prison population rate (per 100,000) | 71.0 |
| Number of children separated from | |
| Imprisoned father (1.3 parenting rate) | 72,381.4 |
| Imprisoned mother (1.3 parenting rate) | 4,377.1 |
| Age limit of children living with their parent in penal institutions | 3/6 years old |
Prison population total and prison rate per 100,000 are retrieved from 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.
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., Molnar, L. & Tiago, M. M., (2022). SPACE I – 2021 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, Table 2.3.