Spain

Capital city — Madrid

Country population
48,059,777
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01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
116.3
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.905
(27/191)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.64
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2020
/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
- Minister of the Interior for all auto…
Total number of incarcerated people
55,909
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
19.3
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
61.6 %
In 2023, Puerto I…
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
82
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2022
/ Infoprision
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2009
Female prisoners
7 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
16.4 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1995