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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2022
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 4,689 574 338 579 6,180
Men 4,370 544 310 547 5,771
Women 319 30 28 32 409
Preventive 1,052 153 101 185 1,491
Men 1,001 150 98 175 1,424
Women 51 3 3 10 67
Total 36 1 3 2 42
Men 34 1 3 2 40
Women 2 0 0 0 2
Total 5,777 728 442 766 7,713
Source: Ministry of Justice.

Last update: May 25, 2023.

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.

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