Term:
Prisoners/prison population
Definition:
Prison population is the population of incarcerated people, awaiting trial or adjudication, and/or imprisoned offenders, given as of one day which may be considered typical for the whole year. All prisoners, except those in youth/juvenile detention centres.
Domain:
Gender
Source:
Codebook for the Fourth UN Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (1986-1990), UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
