Female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions fell 26.1% to 489 persons in Netherlands in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Netherlands reached an all time high of 940 persons in 2008 and an all time low of 489 persons in 2015.
Netherlands has been ranked 33rd within the group of 61 countries we follow in terms of female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 15 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Denmark | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 178 | 183 | 164 | 149 | 189 | ||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,021 | 1,927 | 2,167 | 2,180 | 2,131 | |||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Ireland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 123 | 147 | 138 | 155 | 122 | ||||||
| Luxembourg | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38.0 | 23.0 | 36.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | |||||
| Netherlands | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 896 | 872 | 789 | 712 | 673 | ||||||
| Norway | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 211 | 221 | 252 | 248 | 200 | ... | ... | |||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,434 | 2,515 | 2,456 | 2,638 | 2,591 | |||||||
| Sweden | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 394 | 390 | 362 | 330 | ||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,610 | 4,628 | 4,615 | 4,562 | 4,277 |
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