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Prison population was 19,052 persons in 2022. Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population reached 7,5%. The imprisonment rate (number of prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants) is one of the highest in European Union.

Prisoners in Czechia by region

Year 2024

 TotalPer hundred thousand inhabitants aged 15+
Czechia19,430210.8

Hlavní město Praha

1,890159.8

Středočeský kraj

1,840151.5

Jihočeský kraj

896162.1

Plzeňský kraj

872166.8

Karlovarský kraj

829329.5

Ústecký kraj

3,040443.1

Liberecký kraj

775203.9

Královéhradecký kraj

722152.9

Pardubický kraj

651145.5

Kraj Vysočina

499114.0

Jihomoravský kraj

1,808174.8

Olomoucký kraj

1,015189.5

Zlínský kraj

591119.9

Moravskoslezský kraj

2,861283.7

Note: By Region of the permanent place of residence, foreigners without the permanent place of residence in Czechia are excluded.
Source: General Directorate of the Prison Service of the CR