Prison population total | 3,038 |
Prison population rate (per 100,000) | 160.5 |
Number of children separated from | |
Imprisoned father (1.3 parenting rate) | 3,615 |
Imprisoned mother (1.3 parenting rate) | 334.1 |
Age limit of children living with their parent in penal institutions | 4 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 for children living in prisons: retrieved from COE SPACE I 2020.