This statistic depicts the number of people imprisoned in France between 1980 and 2022. Over the period studied, the number of prisoners in France kept rising: it went from 36,913 in 1980 up to 83,267 42 years later.
Number of people imprisoned in France between 1980 and 2022
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Ministère de la Justice. (January 3, 2023). Number of people imprisoned in France between 1980 and 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/750143/number-of-people-in-jail-france/
Ministère de la Justice. "Number of people imprisoned in France between 1980 and 2022." Chart. January 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/750143/number-of-people-in-jail-france/
Ministère de la Justice. (2023). Number of people imprisoned in France between 1980 and 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/750143/number-of-people-in-jail-france/
Ministère de la Justice. "Number of People Imprisoned in France between 1980 and 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/750143/number-of-people-in-jail-france/
Ministère de la Justice, Number of people imprisoned in France between 1980 and 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/750143/number-of-people-in-jail-france/ (last visited May 15, 2024)
Number of people imprisoned in France between 1980 and 2022 [Graph], Ministère de la Justice, January 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/750143/number-of-people-in-jail-france/