a record number of 73,162 detainees in French prisons on May 1 for 60,867 places, an overcrowding of 120.2%

73,162 people are detained in French prisons on May 1, 2023, a figure that has increased very slightly over one month, and up 3% over one year, according to figures published Tuesday, May 30 by the Ministry of Justice on its site. Internet.

This figure of 73,162 detainees in French prisons is a record. It was 71,038 on May 1, 2022 and 65,384 on May 1, 2021. With 60,867 places available in French prisons, prison overcrowding climbs to 120.2%. This figure rises to 142.9% for remand prisons alone.

It is in Paris that the number of detainees is the most important

In detail, 67,310 people are detained in mainland France and 5,852 overseas. It is in the Interregional Directorate of Penitentiary Services (DISP) of Paris that the number of detainees is the highest, with 13,454 detainees, while it is in that of Dijon that it is the least important, with 4,749. detained.

On the other hand, it is in the DISP of Toulouse that the prison overcrowding is the most important, with an overcrowding of 135.6% and it is in that of Strasbourg that it is the least important, with an overcrowding figure of 100.2%.