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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2003
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 4,698 173 987 184 6,042
Men 4,359 166 946 176 5,647
Women 339 7 41 8 395
Preventive 988 156 94 114 1,352
Men 891 151 83 114 1,239
Women 97 5 11 0 113
Total 22 0 0 0 22
Men 22 0 0 0 22
Women 0 0 0 0 0
Total 5,708 329 1,081 298 7,416
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Serveis Penitenciaris i de Rehabilitació.

Last update: December 1, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Prision population
Set of people detained in penitentiary centres in compliance with custodial sentences in the Penal code and that are in any of the following procedural situations: accused criminals, convicts or detained on preventative grounds, if the cause is processed.

Methodological aspects

The introduction of the new penal Code, on January 1, 1996, led to the classification of convicts on the basis of a new typology of offences, which will coexist alongside the classification used in the previous Penal Code. For statistical purposes it should be noted, however, that each convict is only classified for one offence, always the one for which the convict has received the toughest sentence.

Data is provided on the penal courts that were created to take responsibility for judging and sentencing less serious offences. This also includes the activity of provincial audiences. The information is completed with data on the prison population on December 31.