CPT: 9TH GENERAL REPORT 19 Situation as at 1 August 1999 Note: This is an unofficial representation of States bound by the Convention. For technical reasons it has not been possible to show the entire territory of certain of the States concerned. States bound by the Convention Prison population * 40 States 1 881 500 prisoners - Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania - Luxembourg Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom (Main source: Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (SPACE 97.1); data for most States as at 1 September 1997.) * It should be noted that the CPT's mandate covers also all other categories of places where persons are deprived of their liberty by a public authority: police establishments, detention centres for juveniles, military detention facilities, holding centres for aliens, psychiatric hospitals etc.

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