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CountryLuxembourg
Ministry responsible
Ministry of Justice
Prison administration
Direction Général de l'Administration Pénitentiaire
Contact address
7a rue Thomas Edison, L-1445 Strassen, Luxembourg
Telephone
+352 247 64500
Fax
+352 247 64529
Website
https://ap.public.lu/
Email
info@ap.etat.lu
Head of prison administration (and title)
Serge Legil
Directeur de l'administration pénitentiaire
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
705
at 31.1.2023 (via Council of Europe)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
106
based on an estimated national population of 662,100 at end of January 2023 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
48.9%
(31.1.2023)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
5.5%
(31.1.2023)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
1.1%
(31.1.2023 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
77.7%
(31.1.2023)
Number of establishments / institutions
3
(2023 - Centre pénitentiaire de Luxembourg, Centre pénitentiaire de Givenich, Uerschterhaff Penitentiary Center)
Official capacity of prison system
995
(31.1.2023)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
70.9%
(31.1.2023)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
2000 394 90
2002 380 85
2004 602 131
2006 756 160
2008 674 137
2010 690 136
2012 660 124
2014 656 118
2016 705 121
2018 650 107
2020 548 87
2000 394 90
2002 380 85
2004 602 131
2006 756 160
2008 674 137
2010 690 136
2012 660 124
2014 656 118
2016 705 121
2018 650 107
2020 548 87

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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. 

                                                    LUXEMBOURG

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2000
2005
2010
2015
2020

179
280
303
284
266

45.4%
40.4%
43.9%
42.6%
44.8%

41
60
60
50
42

2023

345

48.9%

52

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.

                                                     LUXEMBOURG

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2000
2005
2010
2015
2020

20
32
25
39
32

5.1%
4.6%
3.6%
5.8%
5.4%

4.6
6.9
4.9
6.8
5.1

2023

39

5.5%

5.9

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