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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2015
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 5,882 713 768 196 7,559
Men 5,460 679 729 185 7,053
Women 422 34 39 11 506
Preventive 933 111 71 91 1,206
Men 847 106 63 91 1,107
Women 86 5 8 0 99
Total 44 0 0 1 45
Men 40 0 0 1 41
Women 4 0 0 0 4
Total 6,859 824 839 288 8,810
Source: Ministry of Justice.

Last update: February 19, 2016.

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.