Overview

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison service

4,174,643,056.2

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 131.

Total number of prisoners

519,618

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the number of prisoners

39.37% decrease

(between 2010 and 2020)

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Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 31.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p. 30.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

356

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the incarceration rate

38.1% decrease

(between 2010 and 2020)

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 35.

Number of admissions

218,040

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 98.

Number of releases

261,585

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 104.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

Data not disclosed

i
2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.

Prison density

69 %

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Total number of prison facilities

899

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Total official capacity of the prison facilities

753,509

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Number of prison guards (FTE)

Data not disclosed

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 10

i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 86.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

Data not disclosed

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 83.

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

Data not disclosed

i
2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p.85.