Andorra

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CountryAndorra
Ministry responsible
Ministry of Justice and the Interior
Prison administration
Direction des Centres Pénitentiaires
Contact address
Casa de la Vail, AND-ANDORRA LA VELLA
Telephone
+376 82 76 16
Fax
+376 86 33 12
Email
centrepenitenciari@andorra.ad
Head of prison administration (and title)
Francesc Tarroch
Directeur des institutions pénitentiaires
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
51
at 1.1.2024 (via Council of Europe)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
60
based on an estimated national population of 85,100 at beginning of January 2024 (from Andorra Statistics Department figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
29.5%
(31.1.2023)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
11.5%
(31.1.2023)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0.0%
(31.1.2023 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
60.7%
(31.1.2023)
Number of establishments / institutions
1
(2020 - La Comella)
Official capacity of prison system
148
(1.1.2024)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
34.5%
(1.1.2024)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
2001 48 72
2002 55 82
2004 61 84
2006 30 37
2008 60 71
2010 61 78
2012 41 53
2014 53 75
2016 47 65
2018 43 57
2020 49 63
2001 48 72
2002 55 82
2004 61 84
2006 30 37
2008 60 71
2010 61 78
2012 41 53
2014 53 75
2016 47 65
2018 43 57
2020 49 63

Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.  

The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population. 

                                                 ANDORRA

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

Pre-trial/remand
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2001
2006
2010
2015
2020

34
14
20
36
20

70.8%
46.7%
55.6%
69.2%
40.0%

51
17
24
46
26

2023

18

29.5%

22

It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities. 

Female prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.  

The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population. 

                                                   ANDORRA

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

Female prison
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2002
2006
2010
2015
2020

4
1
6
11
6

7.3%
3.3%
16.7%
21.2%
12.0%

6.0
1.2
7.7
14.2
7.7

2023

7

11.5%

8.5

The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column.)

Prison population total
Prison population rate