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Spain
Capital city —
Madrid
Country population
46,528,966
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
118
i
2017
/
ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.884
i
2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Interior / Justice
Interior (Spain)…
Total number of prisoners
58,814
i
2017
/
ICPR
Prison density
71 %
i
2017
/
ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
78
69 in Spain / 9 i…
An NPM has been established
Yes
Created in 2009
Female prisoners
7.4 %
i
2017
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1978
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Contributor(s)
Observatorio del Sistema Penal y de Derechos Humanos de de la Universidad Autores de Barcelona (OSPHD) / Infoprisión / Asociación Pro-Derechos Humanos de Andalucia (APDHA / Solidarios / Prison Insider
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National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies
Special populations
Women
Death penalty prisoners
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Special populations
Female prisoners
7.4 %
(4,365)
i
2017
/
ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1978
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