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Prison population. Imprisonments and releases. By sex

Prison population. Imprisonments and releases. By sex Catalonia. 2016
Men Women Total
Imprisonments 11,519 818 12,337
Convicts 7,007 458 7,465
Sentence 1,150 155 1,305
Transfer from other centre 5,644 285 5,929
Others 213 18 231
Preventive 4,455 360 4,815
Sentence 3,540 315 3,855
Transfer from other centre 913 43 956
Others 2 2 4
Penitentiary 57 0 57
Sentence 8 0 8
Transfer from other centre 40 0 40
Others 9 0 9
Releases 11,746 835 12,581
Convicts 9,288 619 9,907
Freedom 3,309 314 3,623
Transfer to other centre 5,545 280 5,825
Death 12 0 12
Not returned from leave 51 0 51
Escape 0 0 0
Others 371 25 396
Preventive 2,394 216 2,610
Freedom 1,375 169 1,544
Transfer to other centre 976 45 1,021
Death 22 2 24
Escape 0 0 0
Others 21 0 21
Penitentiary 64 0 64
Freedom 10 0 10
Transfer to other centre 40 0 40
Death 0 0 0
Escape 0 0 0
Others 14 0 14
Source: Ministry of Justice.

Last update: February 13, 2017.

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.