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Council of Europe: Prison overcrowding persists in Europe, says Council of Europe report

29 April 2014

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"European states are failing to significantly reduce overcrowding in prisons despite the increasing number of offenders monitored by probation agencies, according to the 2012 Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (known as the SPACE I and SPACE II reports), which were published today.

From 2011 to 2012 the number of inmates detained in Europe´s prisons fell from 99.5 to 98 inmates for every 100 places available. Despite a reduction of nearly 90,000 individuals in the prison population (a 5% decrease from 1,825,000 in 2011 to 1,737,000 in 2012), overcrowding remained a serious problem in 21 prison administrations across Europe. Serbia, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary and Belgium continued to be states where the situation was most acute."

See the full text: Prison overcrowding persists in Europe, says Council of Europe report (link)

And Media coverage:

Six problems faced by the European prison system (ampp3d, link)
Italy's crowded prisons among worst in Europe (The Local, link)
1.7 Million people behind bars in Europe; Theft tops offences (The New Age, link)

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