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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 incarcerated people

    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 incarcerated w…

    7.7 %
    i
    2015
    / SGIP
  • Number and percentage of people awaitin…

    12.4 %
    i
    2015
    / SGIP
  • The death penalty is abolished

    Yes

    since 1978

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Contributor(s)Esther Pascual - ICAM | Monica Aranda - OSPDH
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

7.7 % (4,722)
i
2015
/ SGIP

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

12.4 % (7,640)
i
2015
/ SGIP

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1978

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