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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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2022
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