Dynamics of the Prison Population in Ukraine

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The chronological downward trend in the prison population in Ukraine is presented in the table below (we should note the absence of any open statistics from the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on the functioning of the prison system in the dynamics)[1]:

Year	Total number of prisoners (CoE data)	Incarceration rate (CoE data)
2001	198885	406,1
2002	198946	405,7
2003	198386	407,8
2004	193489	406,3
2005	179519	381,1
2006	165408	353,8
2007	154055	331,5
2008	148339	321,1
2009	146394	318,5
2010	152169	332,4
2011	158532	347,7
2012	151122	332,5
2014	92290	204,1
2019	52973	125,7
2020	49823	121,6
2021	49520	119,6
2022	48308	117,2
2023	42708	116,2
2024	42092	112,3

[1] Aebi, M., Tiago, M. (2020). Prison Populations – SPACE-1. Strasbourg, 15 December 2020. PC-CP (2020)12; Aebi, M., Cocco, E., Molnar, L., Tiago, M. (2021). Prison Populations – SPACE-1. Strasbourg, 15 December 2021. PC-CP (2021)11; Aebi, M., Cocco, E., Molnar, L., (2022). Prison Populations – SPACE-1. Strasbourg, 15 December 2022. PC-CP (2022)4; Aebi, M., Cocco, E. (2023). Prison Populations – SPACE-1. Strasbourg, 15 December 2023. PC-CP (2023)9.