Type of imprisonment

Breakdown by type of legal remedy that the deprivation of liberty is based on, i.e. custody, prison sentence (both in a prison institution and using electronic monitoring), preventive detention and sentence for non-payment of a fine. The term was introduced in the statistical year 2012 and is synonymous with “type of sanction” in previously published statistics on imprisonment. The breakdown by type of imprisonment is also far more detailed in the statistics from 2012 and onward.