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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2017
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 5,575 575 392 552 7,094
Men 5,181 541 373 524 6,619
Women 394 34 19 28 475
Preventive 965 97 46 115 1,223
Men 883 93 46 105 1,127
Women 82 4 0 10 96
Total 44 1 1 4 50
Men 42 1 1 4 48
Women 2 0 0 0 2
Total 6,584 673 439 671 8,367
Source: Ministry of Justice.

Last update: March 5, 2018.

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.