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Spain
Capital city —
Madrid
Country population
46,423,064
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
133
i
2015
/ SGIP
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.884
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior / Justice
Ministry of the I…
Total number of prisoners
61,614
i
2015
/ SGIP
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
19
months
i
2015
/ APDH
Prison density
84 %
i
2015
/ SGIP
Total number of prison facilities
82
68 in Spain / 14…
i
2015
/ SGIP
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2009
Number and percentage of female prisone…
7.7 %
i
2015
/ SGIP
Untried prisoners
12.4 %
i
2015
/ SGIP
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1978
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Contributor(s)
Esther Pascual - ICAM | Monica Aranda - OSPDH
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Specific population
Prison population
Women
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Media
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External participants
Financial resources and destitution
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Security and safety
Contact with the outside world
Family visits
Correspondence and phone calls
Sentence adjustment policies
Access to legal rights
National preventive mechanism (NPM)
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Special populations
Number and percentage of female prisoners
7.7 %
(4,722)
i
2015
/ SGIP
12.4 %
(7,640)
i
2015
/ SGIP
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1978
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