Female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions rose 12.7% to 355 persons in Switzerland in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Switzerland reached an all time high of 355 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 283 persons in 2007.
Switzerland has been ranked 39th within the group of 61 countries we follow in terms of female adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 39 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,021 | 1,927 | 2,167 | 2,180 | 2,131 | |||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Hungary | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 989 | 1,009 | 1,216 | 1,225 | 1,336 | ... | ||||||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,751 | 2,930 | 2,808 | 2,804 | 2,694 | |||||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,434 | 2,515 | 2,456 | 2,638 | 2,591 | |||||||
| Slovenia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64.0 | 53.0 | 57.0 | 70.0 | 64.0 | |||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,076 | 5,652 | 5,157 | 5,068 | 4,925 | ||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 345 | 319 | 301 | 306 | 347 |
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