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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2014
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 6,078 665 512 653 7,908
Men 5,690 626 484 610 7,410
Women 388 39 28 43 498
Preventive 1,009 127 59 132 1,327
Men 943 119 52 125 1,239
Women 66 8 7 7 88
Total 46 8 3 2 59
Men 6 1 2 2 11
Women 40 7 1 0 48
Total 7,133 800 574 787 9,294
Source: Ministry of Justice.

Last update: February 20, 2015.

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.