Statistics Norway

52   Some main results from the statistics on imprisonments. 1960-2005
Year New imprisonments1 Average number of prisoners
Prisoners per 100 000 inhabitants2 Total Custody Prison-sentence3 Serving sentence for non-payment of a fine Preventive detention/Security detention4
1960 3 760 58 1 572  353 1 042  177 .
1961 4 086 57 1 555  356 1 056  143 .
1962 4 510 60 1 648  416 1 108  124 .
1963 4 665 64 1 784  447 1 222  115 .
1964 5 041 64 1 814  384 1 295  135 .
               
1965 5 057 64 1 829  384 1 229  132 84
1966 10 479 62 1 780  404 1 186  111 79
1967 10 144 64 1 863  448 1 251 91 73
1968 10 814 64 1 873  444 1 271 90 68
1969 11 053 62 1 822  493 1 157  104 68
               
1970 10 219 57 1 692  507 1 089 38 58
1971 10 328 57 1 712  521 1 126 19 46
1972 10 742 60 1 807  469 1 258 25 55
1973 11 459 63 1 912  519 1 315 18 60
1974 11 867 63 1 924  498 1 364 21 41
               
1975 11 778 62 1 913  483 1 386 18 26
1976 11 246 58 1 802  411 1 347 18 26
1977 11 544 56 1 779  421 1 322 15 21
1978 11 371 56 1 781  406 1 347 13 15
1979 11 104 55 1 748  405 1 306 15 22
               
1980 11 625 56 1 797  387 1 368 23 19
1981 11 769 55 1 800  415 1 342 29 14
1982 11 637 57 1 888  496 1 344 25 23
1983 10 821 61 2 033  564 1 421 21 27
1984 10 039 61 2 044  538 1 453 17 36
               
1985 10 712 62 2 104  493 1 554 13 44
1986 11 257 59 2 002  432 1 508 16 46
1987 11 210 59 2 023  433 1 525 18 47
1988 10 543 61 2 113  461 1 573 17 62
1989 9 478 63 2 208  491 1 618 22 77
               
1990 10 861 69 2 379  499 1 789 14 77
1991 11 497 74 2 548  533 1 891 41 83
1992 11 778 72 2 477  547 1 826 33 71
1993 12 228 76 2 650  532 1 991 53 74
1994 11 798 77 2 670  532 1 997 62 79
               
1995 10 863 74 2 610  521 1 951 55 78
1996 10 394 74 2 602  584 1 904 30 84
1997 10 600 72 2 536  593 1 824 42 77
1998 10 377 70 2 466  588 1 767 36 75
1999 11 029 71 2 512  624 1 787 43 58
               
2000 10 979 71 2 548  594 1 859 44 52
2001 12 046 77 2 762  612 2 041 47 61
2002 11 649 78 2 832  666 2 050 52 64
2003 10 686 81 2 944  644 2 194 38 69
2004 10 326 83 3 028  618 2 290 47 72
20055 11 914 85 3 124  585 2 354  109 76
1  Custody not included until 1966.
2  Per 100 000 inhabitants at a "punishable" age, i.e. 14 years or older untill 1989, and 15 years or older from 1990.
3  Including security detention up to 1964.
4  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.
5  From October 2004 included, The Norwegian National Collection Agency (NCA) passed over unpaid fines to The Norwegian Correctional Services for calling up to subsidiary imprisonment after three year instead of the previous four years. With that the police districts in 2005 got passed over fine demands for two annuals (2001 and 2002) unlike other years with one annual.

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