United Kingdom: England & Wales

Capital city — London

Country population
60,051,885
i
01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
144
i
01/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary monarchy
Human Development Index
0.929
(18/191)
i
2021
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
11.7
i
2022
/ Office for National Statistics
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
87,177
i
31/05/2024
/ 'World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
8.4
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
109.9 %
According to stat…
i
26/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
120
i
2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes
in March 2009
Female prisoners
4.1 %
i
31/05/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.4 %
The Youth Justice…
i
31/12/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
17.3 %
i
31/12/2022
/ Ministry of Justice, Offender management statistics
Death penalty is abolished
yes
since 1998

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