Print version| Country | FRANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministère de la Justice et des Libertés | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Direction de l'Administration Pénitentiaire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | DAP/SCERI 13 Place Vendome, 75042 Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +33 1 49 96 28 15 fax: +33 1 49 96 28 80 Web: www.justice.gouv.fr |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Henri Masse
Directeur de l'Administration Pénitentiaire |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
66,995
at 1.3.2013 (national prison administration - including French overseas departments and territories; excluding 11,213 persons who are not detained in penal institutions.) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
101
based on an estimated national population of 66.6 million at March 2013 (from estimates by INSEE - French national statistics institute) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
25.1%
(1.3.2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
3.3%
(1.3.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.1%
(1.3.2013 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
17.5%
(1.10.2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
191
(2011) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 56,920
(1.3.2013) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
117.7%
(1.3.2013) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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