San Marino

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CountrySan Marino
Ministry responsible
Secretariat of State for Justice
Prison administration
San Marino Prison
Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
3
at 1.1.2023 (via Council of Europe - most prisoners serve their sentences in Italian prisons and are not included in the prison population total for San Marino)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
9
based on estimated national population of 33,800 at beginning of January 2023 (Eurostat)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
88.9%
(31.1.2021)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
11.1%
(31.1.2021)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
0.0%
(31.1.2021 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
11.1%
(31.1.2021)
Number of establishments / institutions
1
(2023)
Official capacity of prison system
12
(1.1.2023)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
25.0%
(1.1.2023)

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. 

                                                   SAN MARINO

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

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

2002
2005
2010
2015

0
0
0
0

0%
0%
0%
0%

0
0
0
0

2021

1

11.1%

2.9

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.)