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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2019
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 5,082 667 380 605 6,734
Men 4,730 623 356 572 6,281
Women 352 44 24 33 453
Preventive 1,260 135 90 130 1,615
Men 1,177 128 81 122 1,508
Women 83 7 9 8 107
Total 37 0 0 5 42
Men 34 0 0 5 39
Women 3 0 0 0 3
Total 6,379 802 470 740 8,391
Source: Ministry of Justice.

Last update: March 13, 2020.

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.