Number of female inmates extracted 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 7.1.3 parenting rate: extrapolation based on Champsaur, P., et al. (2002), L’Histoire familiale des hommes détenus, Paris : INSEE. The … Read More
Number of children separated from an imprisoned father
Number of male inmates 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 … Read More
Juveniles / minors
Source: Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe. Reference date for Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania & Portugal is 1st January 2024 (instead of 31st January 2024) Reference date for Poland & UK (England and Wales) is 31st December 2023 … Read More
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
Source: Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe. Reference date for Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania & Portugal is 1st January 2024 (instead of 31st January 2024) Reference date for Poland & UK (England and Wales) is 31st December 2023 … Read More
Prison population rate
Number of detainees per 100,000 inhabitants in the European Union, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners). Source: Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe. Reference date for Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania & Portugal: 1st January … Read More
Prison population total
Prison population in European Union countries, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, including pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners. Source: Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe.
Number of prisons
Source: Number of prison establishments retrieved from World Prison Brief. *Poland, Number of establishments: retrieved from Prison Insider online (2018).
Imprisoned women
Source: Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe.Reference date for Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania & Portugal: 1st January 2024 (instead of 31st January 2024).Reference date for Poland and UK (England & Wales): 31st December 2023 (instead of 31st Janaury … Read More
Foreign prisoners
Source: Aebi, M. F. & Cocco, E. (2025). SPACE I – 2024 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Council of Europe. Reference date for Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania & Portugal is 1st January 2024 (instead of 31st January 2024) Reference date for Poland & UK (England and Wales) is 31st December 2023 … Read More
Age limits for children living in prisons
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 2.3. *Ireland, age limit for children living in prisons: retrieved from Citizens Information (https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/).*Italy, age limit for children living in prisons: retrieved from Antigone, … Read More
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