Suicides in Ukrainian Prisons (Statistics)

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An even more important indicator of prison policy is the number of suicides in prisons, which is shown in the table below (Council of Europe data):

Year	Number of prisoners (thousand)	Suicides	Suicides per 10 thousand prisoners
2001	199	29	1,5
2002	198	28	1,4
2003	198	41	2,1
2004	194	44	2,3
2005	180	16	0,9
2007	154	54	3,5
2009	146	44	3
2010	152	35	2,3
2011	158	48	3
2013	152	62	4,1
2021	49	50	10,1
2022	48	45	9,4
2023	43	21	4,9

The relative indicators of suicide in prisons according to the Council of Europe against the background of funding for prisons are presented in the table below:

Year	Prison budget (UAH billion)	Suicides in prisons, per 10 thousand prisoners (CoE)
2001	0,350	1,5
2002	0,418	1,4
2003	0,453	2,1
2004	0,613	2,3
2005	0,814	0,9
2007	1,455	3,5
2009	1,881	3
2011	2,598	3
2013	2,896	4,1
2021	8,056	10,1
2022	8,279	9,4
2023	8,451	4,9