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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2004
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 5,064 175 1,017 202 6,458
Men 4,705 167 967 199 6,038
Women 359 8 50 3 420
Preventive 1,179 189 134 106 1,608
Men 1,058 181 122 105 1,466
Women 121 8 12 1 142
Total 28 0 0 0 28
Men 27 0 0 0 27
Women 1 0 0 0 1
Total 6,271 364 1,151 308 8,094
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Serveis Penitenciaris i de Rehabilitació.

Last update: December 1, 2009.

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.