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CountryMonaco
Ministry responsible
Direction des Service Judiciaires
Prison administration
Maison d'Arrêt
Contact address
4 Avenue Saint-Martin, 98000 Monaco
Telephone
+33 93 15 85 29
Fax
+33 93 15 85 18
Website
Head of prison administration (and title)
Jean-Yves Gambarini
Directeur
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
31
at 1.1.2024 (via Council of Europe)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
81
based on an estimated national population of 38,370 at beginning of January 2024 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
46.2%
(31.1.2023)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
0.0%
(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)
88.5%
(31.1.2023)
Number of establishments / institutions
2
(2020)
Official capacity of prison system
89
(1.1.2024)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
34.8%
(1.1.2024)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1998 13 37
2000 18 51
2002 26 74
2004 20 57
2006 27 76
2008 25 71
2010 12 34
2012 41 114
2014 23 61
2016 32 85
2018 29 76
2020 13 34
1998 13 37
2000 18 51
2002 26 74
2004 20 57
2006 27 76
2008 25 71
2010 12 34
2012 41 114
2014 23 61
2016 32 85
2018 29 76
2020 13 34

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.

                                               MONACO

YearNumber in pre-trial/remand imprisonmentPercentage of total
prison population
Pre-trial/remand
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)
2000
2005
2011
2016
2020
 
9
21
19
19
6
 
50.0%
61.8%
59.4%
59.4%
46.2%
 
26
59
54
51
16
 
20231246.2%31

 

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. 

                                                   MONACO

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2003
2006
2010
2016
2020

3
11
3
6
1

10.7%
29.7%
25.0%
18.8%
7.7%

8.5
31.2
8.5
16.0
2.6

2023

0

0%

0

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