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Prison population. By sex. Provinces

Prison population. By type of custody and sex. Provinces 2021
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Convicts 4,762 573 352 582 6,269
Men 4,418 532 331 551 5,832
Women 344 41 21 31 437
Preventive 1,057 110 92 168 1,427
Men 1,004 106 88 157 1,355
Women 53 4 4 11 72
Total 42 2 2 4 50
Men 40 2 2 4 48
Women 2 0 0 0 2
Total 5,861 685 446 754 7,746
Source: Ministry of Justice.

Last update: May 5, 2022.

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.