Statistics Norway

49   Prison population at the beginning of the year, by sex, type of sanction and age. 2004
Age Total1 Males Females
Total Prison-sentence Custody Preventive detention/Security detention2 Total Prison-sentence Custody Preventive detention/Security detention2
Total1 2 899 2 720 2 126  499 73  179  136 38 2
                   
15-17 years 10 9 5 4 - 1 - 1 -
18-20 "  148  140 99 41 - 8 5 3 -
21-24 "  390  374  294 74 6 16 12 4 -
25-29 "  533  502  392  102 8 31 22 8 1
30-39 " 1 043  977  772  185 20 66 53 12 1
40-49 "  495  455  361 69 25 40 34 6 -
50-59 "  197  184  157 19 8 13 9 4 -
60-69 " 50 49 39 4 6 1 1 - -
70-    " 8 8 7 1 - - - - -
Unknown - - - - - - - - -
1  Including 25 cases of serving sentence for not paying a fine (22 men and 3 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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