More females and Swiss serving prison time

There’s been a decline in the number of overall offenders serving prison sentences in Switzerland, and an increase in the numbers of female prisoners and those with a Swiss passport.  Whereas 9,463 people served prison terms in Switzerland in 2014, there were 9,201 last year – a decrease of about 3%, announced the Federal Statistical Office on Monday. Most of them (3,548) are between 25 and 34 years old.  The number of female prisoners increased by nearly 6%, from 734 to 776. There was also a slight increase in the number of Swiss prisoners compared with foreign: up 0.5%, from 2,927 to 2,942.  Overall in 2015, there were 12,818 people sentenced – either to prison, semi-detention, community service, or electronic monitoring. That’s about 4% fewer than the previous year.  There were somewhat fewer doing community service (from 3,681 to 3,376), and a few more wearing electronic ankle monitors (from 233 to 241).  The statistical office also looked into recidivism. Of ...