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CountryReunion (France)
Ministry responsible
French Ministry of Justice
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
1 440
at 1.7.2024 (French Ministry of Justice)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
156
based on an estimated national population of 921,000 at beginning of July 2024 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
21.5%
(1.1.2020)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
2.9%
(1.7.2024)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0.8%
(1.10.2021 - under 18)
Number of establishments / institutions
3
(2024 - Le Port, Saint Denis, Saint Pierre)
Official capacity of prison system
1 196
(1.7.2024)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
120.4%
(1.7.2024)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1998 1,019 143
2001 1,079 144
2003 1,071 140
2005 1,040 131
2007 1,307 161
2011 1,078 129
2013 1,128 132
2015 1,046 121
2017 1,060 121
2019 1,073 120
2021 1,194 132
1998 1,019 143
2001 1,079 144
2003 1,071 140
2005 1,040 131
2007 1,307 161
2011 1,078 129
2013 1,128 132
2015 1,046 121
2017 1,060 121
2019 1,073 120
2021 1,194 132

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. 

                                          REUNION (FRANCE)

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2016

194

17.6%

22

2020

229

21.5%

26

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. 

                                           REUNION (FRANCE)

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2003
2007
2015
2020

29
34
29
33

2.7%
2.6%
2.8%
3.3%

3.8
4.2
3.2
3.7

2024

42

2.9%

4.6

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