Female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions fell 0.941% to 4,317 persons in the United Kingdom in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 4,753 persons in 2008 and an all time low of 4,222 persons in 2004.
United Kingdom has been ranked 11th within the group of 61 countries we follow in terms of female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Female Adults Held in Prisons, Penal or Correctional Institutions | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 460 | 511 | 538 | 568 | 538 | ... | |||||
| Belgium | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Canada | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | -15.0 | -433 | -314 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,021 | 1,927 | 2,167 | 2,180 | 2,131 | |||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Iceland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.0 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 13.0 | 5.00 | ... | ... | |||||
| Ireland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 123 | 147 | 138 | 155 | 122 | ||||||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,751 | 2,930 | 2,808 | 2,804 | 2,694 | |||||||
| Luxembourg | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38.0 | 23.0 | 36.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | |||||
| Netherlands | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 896 | 872 | 789 | 712 | 673 | ||||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,434 | 2,515 | 2,456 | 2,638 | 2,591 | |||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,076 | 5,652 | 5,157 | 5,068 | 4,925 | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,610 | 4,628 | 4,615 | 4,562 | 4,277 |
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