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Prison population. Imprisonments and releases. By sex

Prison population. Imprisonments and releases. By sex Catalonia. 2022
Men Women Total
Imprisonments 10,876 741 11,617
Convicts 6,105 429 6,534
Sentence 839 113 952
Transfer from other centre 5,003 286 5,289
Others 263 30 293
Preventive 4,723 311 5,034
Sentence 4,053 268 4,321
Transfer from other centre 665 43 708
Others 5 0 5
Penitentiary 48 1 49
Sentence 11 0 11
Transfer from other centre 31 0 31
Others 6 1 7
Releases 10,876 720 11,596
Convicts 8,244 567 8,811
Freedom 2,860 275 3,135
Transfer to other centre 4,923 278 5,201
Death 29 3 32
Not returned from leave 135 11 146
Escape 3 0 3
Others 294 0 294
Preventive 2,575 151 2,726
Freedom 1,765 107 1,872
Transfer to other centre 655 44 699
Death 7 0 7
Escape 0 0 0
Others 148 0 148
Penitentiary 57 2 59
Freedom 10 1 11
Transfer to other centre 31 0 31
Death 0 0 0
Escape 0 0 0
Others 16 1 17
Source:
Ministry of Justice.
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.