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Prison population. By age group and type of crime

Població reclusa. Per sexe, grups d'edat i tipus de delicte. Total Catalonia Total
18-20 21-25 26-40 41-60 61 i més Total
2006 237 1,225 5,074 2,246 188 8,970
2005 200 1,082 4,809 2,043 171 8,305
2004 215 1,087 4,705 1,937 150 8,094
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Serveis Penitenciaris i de Rehabilitació.
Note: (1) Includes attacks on authorities, agents and government employees, resistance, disobedience, contempt, insults, slander and threats.
Població reclusa. Per sexe, grups d'edat i tipus de delicte. Homes Catalonia Total
18-20 21-25 26-40 41-60 61 i més Total
2006 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2005 187 999 4,482 1,917 162 7,747
2004 199 1,013 4,356 1,819 144 7,531
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Serveis Penitenciaris i de Rehabilitació.
Notes:
A 31 de desembre.
(1) Includes attacks on authorities, agents and government employees, resistance, disobedience, contempt, insults, slander and threats.
Població reclusa. Per sexe, grups d'edat i tipus de delicte. Dones Catalonia Total
18-20 21-25 26-40 41-60 61 i més Total
2006 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2005 13 81 320 126 9 558
2004 16 74 349 118 6 563
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Serveis Penitenciaris i de Rehabilitació.
Notes:
A 31 de desembre.
(1) Includes attacks on authorities, agents and government employees, resistance, disobedience, contempt, insults, slander and threats.

Last update: March 24, 2011.

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.