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Prisons & Detention

Prison population, pretrial detention, occupancy and deaths in custody.

Indicator Type Evidence Countries with data
Deaths in custody Outcome Administrative records None yet
Prison occupancy

Persons held in prison divided by official prison capacity, × 100 — both as Eurostat publishes them (crim_pris_cap). Above 100 means more people than places.

Outcome Administrative records 37
Juveniles in detention Outcome Administrative records None yet
Prison population Outcome Administrative records 37
Prison population rate Outcome Administrative records 37
Women in prison Outcome Administrative records None yet
Pretrial detainees

People held before conviction. A high share points to slow courts or restricted bail as much as to crime.

Outcome Administrative records None yet