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

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

Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

118

2017

/ ICPR

Total number of prisoners

58,814

2017

/ ICPR

Prison density

71 %

2017

/ ICPR

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Interior / Justice

Interior (Spain) / Justice (Catalonia)

Total number of prison facilities

69 in Spain / 9 in Catalonia

Country population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

Type of government

Human Development Index

Name of authority in charge of the pris…

Total number of prisoners

Prison density

Total number of prison facilities

An NPM has been established

Female prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Overview

Prison population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Total number of prisoners

Prison density

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Total number of prison facilities