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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2018
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 5,128 643 454 679 6,904
Men 4,724 606 428 643 6,401
Women 404 37 26 36 503
Preventive 1,092 133 70 115 1,410
Men 1,027 127 65 110 1,329
Women 65 6 5 5 81
Total 49 2 0 2 53
Men 45 2 0 2 49
Women 4 0 0 0 4
Total 6,269 778 524 796 8,367
Source: Ministry of Justice.

Last update: March 19, 2019.

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.