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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2010
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 7,037 243 1,004 230 8,514
Men 6,537 236 944 214 7,931
Women 500 7 60 16 583
Preventive 1,540 127 134 156 1,957
Men 1,398 120 127 156 1,801
Women 142 7 7 0 156
Total 47 0 2 0 49
Men 42 0 2 0 44
Women 5 0 0 0 5
Total 8,624 370 1,140 386 10,520
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Règim Penitenciari i Recursos.

Last update: March 17, 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.