Spain
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Associació Gràcia
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| Prison Brief (Spain) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ministry responsible | Ministry of the Interior (in Catalonia: Department of Justice) | |||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | General Directorate of Prison Administration (in Catalonia: Secretariat for Prisons, Rehabilitation and Juvenile Justice) | |||||||||||||||
| 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.mir.es/INSTPEN Catalonia: www.gencat.cat/portal/site/Justicia |
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| Head of prison administration (and title) | Mercedes Gallizo Llamas (in Catalonia: Albert Batlle i Bastardas) Director General (in Catalonia: Secretary for Prisons, Rehabilitation and Juvenile Justice) | |||||||||||||||
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) | 75,093 at 27.3.2009 (national prison administration) | |||||||||||||||
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) | 162 based on an estimated national population of 46.29 million at end of March 2009 (from Eurostat figures) | |||||||||||||||
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 23.2% (27.3.2009) | |||||||||||||||
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 8.0% (27.3.2009) | |||||||||||||||
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) | 0% (December 2008 - under 18; 2.4% under 21) | |||||||||||||||
| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | 35.6% (December 2008) | |||||||||||||||
| Number of establishments / institutions | 77 (2007) | |||||||||||||||
| Official capacity of prison system | 48,659 (2007 - Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics) | |||||||||||||||
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | 136.3% (31.8.2007) | |||||||||||||||
| Recent prison population trend (year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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Source International Center for Prison Studies, Kings College
