| Country | SPAIN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of the Interior (in Catalonia: Department of Justice) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | General Directorate of Prison Administration (in Catalonia: General Directorate of Prison Regime and Resources) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Calle Alcala 38-40, E-28014 Madrid (Catalonia: Carrer Arago 332, 08009 Barcelona) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +34 91 335 48 81 (Catalonia: +34 93 214 01 00) fax: +34 91 335 40 64 (Catalonia: +34 93 214 01 79) web: www.institucionpenitenciaria.es; Catalonia,www.gencat.cat/portal/site/Justicia |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Angel Yuste Castillejo (in Catalonia: Ramon Pares Galles)
Director General (in Catalonia: Director General) |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
68,900
at 29.3.2013 (national prison administration - including 10,091 in Catalonia) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
149
based on an estimated national population of 46.25 million at end of March 2013 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
15.0%
(29.3.2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
7.5%
(29.3.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.00%
(January 2013 - under 18; 1.8% under 21) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
33.2%
(January 2013) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
82
(2010) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 75,647
(1.9.2011 - 66,760 in State Administration, 8,887 in Catalonia) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
95.2%
(1.9.2011 - 91.8% in State Administration, 120.6% in Catalonia) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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World Prison Brief supplied by the International Centre for Prison Studies, maintained by Roy Walmsley
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