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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2012
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 6,220 710 556 757 8,243
Men 5,831 679 519 709 7,738
Women 389 31 37 48 505
Preventive 1,345 185 91 148 1,769
Men 1,224 172 88 137 1,621
Women 121 13 3 11 148
Total 48 0 1 1 50
Men 36 0 1 1 38
Women 12 0 0 0 12
Total 7,613 895 648 906 10,062
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Règim Penitenciari i Recursos.

Last update: February 12, 2013.

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.