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Spain

Capital city — Madrid

  • Country population

    46,840,000
    i
    05/2019
    / ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    122
    i
    04/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Constitutional monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.904

    (25/188)

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

    0.6
    i
    2017
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

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

    57,680

    including 8,244 i…

    i
    15/04/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

    21.7
    i
    2017
    / SPACE, p. 108.
  • Prison density

    78 %

    77% in SGIP insti…

    i
    04/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    82
    i
    2018
    / ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

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

    7.4 %
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

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

    15.9 %
    i
    02/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1995
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