
Spain
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.

España: Acaip afirma que la cárcel de Picassent está "al borde de la saturación"
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España: contenciones mecánicas en las cárceles catalanas
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España: varapalo del Constitucional a las cárceles por no investigar malos tratos a los presos
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España: Interior reabrirá las piscinas tras dos años de pandemia
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España : Literatura de evasión: qué leen los presos en las cárceles españolas
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España: La realidad de la reinserción social llega al Teatro Principal de Vitoria
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España: La cárcel desde la mirada del Cine
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España : Instituciones Penitenciarias quiere trasladar 200 presos de la península a Ceuta
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Spain: 2021, a year of high-profile crimes and convictions
The year 2021 has been one of convictions for some of Spain’s most infamous criminals. Among those sent to prison were Pedro Nieves and the killers he hired to ambush Javier Ardines, a councilman for the United Left party in Llanes, Asturias, as he left his home on the morning of August 16, 2018. A…Source — El País

España: La realidad invisible de los presos con trastornos mentales: "Prisión y salud mental son antagónicos"
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España: Los trabajadores de las cárceles de Alicante, «abandonados» por el Ministerio del Interior
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España: Navarra implantará en la cárcel de Pamplona programas sobre salud mental e igualdad de género
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España: Finalizan las obras de rehabilitación de la Cárcel Vieja de Murcia
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España : el último insumiso civil entra en prisión
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España: la violencia de género, tercera causa de ingreso en prisión
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España: la Comunitat tendrá el mayor psiquiátrico penitenciario de España, con 500 internos
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España: La única cárcel para curas del mundo estaba en Zamora: celdas de 5m², torturas y el método del gusano
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España: los suicidios en las cárceles aumentan con la pandemia
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España: ¿Por qué las mujeres son menos del 8% de la población reclusa en España? Así son las cárceles femeninas en nuestro país
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España: cuatro de las 12 operaciones contra el yihadismo en 2021 en España tuvieron lugar en cárceles
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España: décadas sin respuesta a miles de denuncias de desaparición forzada, apropiación y/o sustitución de identidad de niños y niñas
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España: ”es injusto y desproporcionado que Pablo Hasél entre en la cárcel”
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Spain: prisons have lowest inmate population in 10 years
According to recently released statistics from the Instituciones Penitenciarias, Spain currently has 47,373 convicted criminals in its prison system. This marks a dramatic 38% decrease from its peak in 2009, when there were 65,500 convicts behind bars. Reforms in Spain’s Criminal Code, including th…Source — Euro Weekly

España: el protocolo antisuicidios en las cárceles
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