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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2011
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 6,264 712 610 893 8,479
Men 5,828 696 566 838 7,928
Women 436 16 44 55 551
Preventive 1,444 212 96 199 1,951
Men 1,291 202 93 185 1,771
Women 153 10 3 14 180
Total 60 10 2 11 83
Men 54 8 2 11 75
Women 6 2 0 0 8
Total 7,768 934 708 1,103 10,513
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Règim Penitenciari i Recursos.

Last update: March 28, 2012.

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.