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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2013
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 6,360 679 483 704 8,226
Men 5,942 649 463 652 7,706
Women 418 30 20 52 520
Preventive 1,209 129 60 131 1,529
Men 1,106 124 56 122 1,408
Women 103 5 4 9 121
Total 44 7 1 11 63
Men 44 6 1 9 60
Women 0 1 0 2 3
Total 7,613 815 544 846 9,818
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Règim Penitenciari i Recursos.

Last update: March 24, 2014.

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.