Adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions rose 0.616% to 65,970 persons in France in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in France reached an all time high of 66,344 persons in 2013 and an all time low of 58,402 persons in 2006.
France has been ranked 13th within the group of 64 countries we follow in terms of adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 13 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Adults Held in Prisons, Penal or Correctional Institutions | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,913 | 8,110 | 8,272 | 8,681 | 8,759 | ... | |||||
| Belgium | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60,309 | 59,856 | 64,075 | 65,848 | 66,344 | |||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64,791 | 67,961 | 66,897 | 65,701 | 62,536 | ||||||||
| Luxembourg | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 697 | 674 | 630 | 665 | 652 | |||||
| Morocco | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56,513 | 63,809 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Netherlands | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13,690 | 13,713 | 13,420 | 12,928 | 12,248 | ||||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 80,179 | 77,522 | 78,467 | 81,306 | 76,596 | ||||||||
| Portugal | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,766 | 11,192 | 12,321 | 13,262 | 13,982 | ||||||||
| Slovenia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,361 | 1,344 | 1,264 | 1,376 | 1,349 | ||||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 76,079 | 71,603 | 68,265 | 65,895 | 64,438 | ||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,551 | 5,724 | 5,599 | 6,049 | 6,622 |
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