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Spain

Capital city — Madrid

  • Country population

    47,326,687
    i
    01/2021
    / INE
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    116
    i
    12/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Constitutional monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.904

    (25/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    0.6
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    - Minister of the Interior for all auto…
  • Total number of prisoners

    55,097

    including 7,746 i…

    i
    12/2021
    / SGIP
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    22.1
    i
    2020
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021, p. 124.
  • Prison density

    74 %

    73% in SGIP insti…

    i
    01/2021
    / Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2021, p. 77.
  • Total number of prison facilities

    82
    i
    2022
    / Infoprision
  • An NPM has been established

    yes, in 2009
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    7.1 %
    i
    12/2021
    / SGIP
  • Incarcerated minors

    0 %
    i
    01/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    16.1 %
    i
    12/2021
    / SGIP
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1995
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