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Table 2 Characteristics of the prisons’ population, EU/EEA and United Kingdom (UK), as of 31 January 2018

From: Hepatitis C virus infection in EU/EEA and United Kingdom prisons: opportunities and challenges for action

 

Total number

Prison population, per 100,000

Median age, years

Female, %

Foreigners, %

Average length of imprisonment, months

Austria

8960

101·6

34

5·8

54·7

9·3

Bulgaria

6988

99·1

..

3·1

2·7

13·1

Croatia

3190

77·7

37·2

4·6

8·9

4·7

Cyprus

643

74·4

43

6·7

39·7

1·2

Czech Republic

22,159

208·8

32·5

7·4

8·2

24·0

Denmark

3653

63·2

36

4·5

28·9

3·9

Estonia

2525

191·4

36

5·2

9·1

16·5

Finland

2815

51·1

35·6

7·3

17·5

6·3

France

69,596

103·5

31·9

3·6

22·1

8·7

Germany

64,193

77·5

..

5·8

38·1

7·7

Greece

10,036

93·5

..

5·5

52·7

12·4

Iceland

163

46·8

31

9·8

23·9

13·5

Ireland

3844

79·5

33

4

13·1

4·9

Italy

58,087

96

40

4·2

34·1

14·5

Latvia

3765

194·6

..

7·7

2·5

..

Liechtenstein

12

31·5

39

0

75

2·0

Lithuania

6599

234·9

39

5

1·7

10·7

Luxembourg

684

113·6

35

5·4

72·1

8·1

Netherlands

9315

54·4

35

5·1

19·5

3·5

Norway

3461

65·4

33

6·4

32·1

4·9

Poland

73,822

194·4

35

3·9

1·1

11·0

Portugal

13,440

130·6

..

6·4

16

31·1

Romania

23,050

118·1

35

4·7

1·2

24·2

Slovakia

10,028

184·2

..

7·1

2·2

13·6

Slovenia

1346

65·1

..

6·0

14·0

7·2

Spain

59,129

126·7

39

7·4

28

21·4

Sweden

5713

56·5

34

6·1

28·5

8·1

UK England & Wales

84,373

142·4

34

4·6

11·1

7·2

UK Northern Ireland

1453

77·0

32·7

4·4

8·7

4·2

UK Scotland

7440

136·5

..

4·5

..

..

  1. Source: SPACE I-2018 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations [11]
  2. .. Not available
  3. All prison population numbers presented here refer to the non-adjusted figures, which includes those in non-penal institutions i.e. police stations, juvenile institutions, migrant detention centres, psychiatric institutions etc