International Journal on Criminology Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 2013 | Page 49

International Journal on Criminology
Appendix
Population held in custody on January 1, 2013 (France as a whole)
* Based on data supplied by the Correctional Administration
On January 1, 2013, 76,798 were under correctional control in France: 16,454
individuals were in pretrial detention, 50,118 individuals were convicted and incarcerated
(for a total of 66,572 detained individuals), 9,653 individuals were placed under
electronic surveillance (9,029 individuals through early release, 624 individuals via an
end-of-sentence parole condition), and 573 individuals in extra-mural placements,
without prison housing. The rate of committal to prison was 117 per 100,000 inhabitants,
and the detention rate was 102 per 100,000 inhabitants.
The rate of defendants among the persons in prison was 21%. It was 25% compared to
the detained population.
Twenty percent of inmates in prison have received a modified sentence, in prison
(partial release, electronic surveillance, extra-mural placement with or without detention
housing). This indicator does not take account of the 624 inmates placed under
electronically monitored house arrest at the end of their sentence (application of the penal
law dated November 24, 2009).
The number of minors detained is 724. Of them, 261 (or 36%) are in facilities for
minors. These facilities are under-occupied (348 functional spaces, of which 87 are
unoccupied).
Change over the last 12 months
The number of individuals in prison has increased over 12 months (3,018 more persons
in prison, an annual rate of increase of +4.1%). The number reached on January 1, 2003
[2013?] (76,798) was less than the record high reached on July 1, 2012 (78,262). The
annual growth rate has been decreasing for a year: 10.2% on January 1, 2012, 7.9% on
April 1, 6.7% on July 1, 5.6% on October 1, 4.1% on January 1, 2013.
The number of detainees is also increasing (1,785 more detainees during the previous
12 months, an annual rate of increase of + 2.8%). The number reached on January 1,
2013 (66,572) was less than the record high reached on December 1 (67,674). The annual
rate of increase has been decreasing for a year: 7.0% on January 1, 2012, 4.7% on April
1, 4.1% on July 1, 4.0% on October 1, 2.8% on January 1, 2013.
The number of minors detained has increased slightly (12 fewer detainees over the last
12 months, an annual rate of increase of + 1.7%).
Overpopulation
Over the previous 12 months, the number of functional spaces in detention went from
57,236 to 56,992 (244 fewer spaces in a year, an annual rate of increase of −0.4%). The
number of surplus detainees is 12,194. This is an increase from a year ago (11,251 12
months ago, or 943 more, for an annual rate of increase of +8.4%). This indicator
measures the state of overpopulation by taking account of each facility's situation, and of
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