Definition: Time spent in prison awaiting trial

Category: Crime statistics

Time spent in custody (e.g., police custody, remand prison) between the time of arrest or apprehension and the time of pronouncement of guilt or innocence by a criminal court or other legal body duly authorized to make such a finding by national law, irrespective of whether the decision was later upheld or not. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_89_EN.pdf