Statistics Norway

49   Prison population at the beginning of the year, by sex, type of sanction and age. 2003
Age Total1 Males Females
Total Prison-sentence Custody Preventive detention/security detention2 Total Prison-sentence Custody Preventive detention/security detention2
Total1 2 822    2 653 1 977  590 62     169  133 31 3
                   
15-17 years 11 10 3 7 - 1 - 1 -
18-20 "  152  147 97 50 - 5 3 2 -
21-24 "  390  375  284 87 4 15 12 3 -
25-29 "  561  520  388  126 6 41 33 7 1
30-39 " 1 027  954  709  219 26 73 59 12 2
40-49 "  455  437  349 71 17 18 15 3 -
50-59 "  154  142  114 23 5 12 9 3 -
60-69 " 38 36 26 6 4 2 2 - -
70-   " 8 8 7 1 - - - - -
Unknown - - - - - - - - -
1  Including 26 cases of serving sentence for not paying a fine (24 men and 2 women), which can not be distributed by age.
2  The new special sanctions preventive detention, compulsory mental health care and compulsory care entered into force 1 January 2002 and was made retrospective so that security detention sentences can be reopened and reversed to one of the new special sanctions.

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