On December 2015, 51,175 prisoners were held in Japanese prisons. The number of prisoners is decreasing recently. The peak was 2006, at that time 70,496 prisoners were kept in prisons.
Figure: Number of Prisoners in Japan, 2011-2015
Year | Men | Women |
2011 | 56448 | 4654 |
2012 | 54116 | 4610 |
2013 | 50895 | 4421 |
2014 | 48484 | 4376 |
2015 | 46918 | 4257 |
Source is Ministry of Justice.
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/List.do?lid=000001155287
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Xlsdl.do?sinfid=000031432272
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