1.4
Placements in prisons according to criminal category and estimates of
placements in detention ("flow")
Source: Quarterly Statistics of the Population dealt with in Penal Institutions, French Ministry
of Justice, Prisons Administration Department, PMJ5. Series B. Aubusson
Field: Prison institutions in the metropolis (1970-2000) and then for France and its overseas
territories.
Remand
prisoners
:
immediat
e hearing
Remand
prisoners:
preparatio
n of case
for trial
Convicte
d
prisoners
1970-1974
12,551
44,826
1975-1979
11,963
1980-1984
of which
imprisone
d
convicted
prisoners
placed in
detention
Imprisonme
nt for
debt(*)
Overal
l
14,181
2,778
74,335
49,360
16,755
2,601
80,679
10,406
58,441
14,747
1,994
85,587
1985-1989
10,067
55,547
17,828
753
84,195
1990-1994
19,153
45,868
18,859
319
84,199
1995-1999
19,783
37,102
20,018
83
76,986
2000
19,419
28,583
17,192
57
65,251
2000
20,539
30,424
17,742
n.d.
60
68,765
2001
21,477
24,994
20,802
n.d.
35
67,308
2002
27,078
31,332
23,080
n.d.
43
81,533
2003
28,616
30,732
22,538
n.d.
19
81,905
2004
27,755
30,836
26,108
n.d.
11
84,710
2005
29,951
30,997
24,588
n.d.
4
85,540
2006
27,596
29,156
29,828
24,650
14
86,594
2007
26,927
28,636
34,691
27,436
16
90,270
2008
24,231
27,884
36,909
27,535
30
89,054
2009
22,085
25,976
36,274
24,673
19
84,354
2010
21,310
26,095
35,237
21,718
83
82,725
2011
21,432
25,883
40,627
24,704
116
88,058
2012
21,133
25,543
44,259
26,038
47
90,982
2013
21,250
25,748
42,218
22,747
74
89,290
43,898
24,847
60
90,665
Périod
Metropolitan France
France and its overseas
territories
2014
46,707
(*) Imprisonment of solvent persons for non-payment of certain fines (contrainte judiciaire) as from 2005
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