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Spain
Prison and Probation Service
National Population:
7 619 494
EuroPris Member:
Yes
Custodial Establishments:
20
Quick Stats
Imprisonment Rate per 100,000:
112
Avg. Prisoner Population:
8 390
Total available prisoner places:
0
Official design capacity:
0
| Administrative Status | Prison and Probation Service |
| EuroPris Member | Yes |
| Country | Spain |
| National Population | 7 619 494 (as of 01/01/19) |
| National Population Source | https://www.idescat.cat |
| Aligment with Ministry of Justice | Department within the Ministry of Justice |
| Operated | civilian |
| Imprisonment Rate per 100,000 population | 112 (as of 02/03/2018) |
| Average prisoner population | 8 390 (as of 02/03/2018) |
| Total available prisoner places | 0 |
| Official design capacity | 0 |
| Responsible for young/juvenile offenders | Yes |
| Minimum age that a young/juvenile offender can be admitted to the prison system | 18 |
| Prisoners over the age of 50 | 1 167 |
| Conditional release or parole system | Yes |
| Life sentences issued in your jurisdiction | Not Answered |
| Can life sentence prisoners be conditionally released | No |
| Does your agency have an automated system for performing sentence calculations | Yes |
| Electronic monitoring solutions (frontdoor) | No |
| Agency directly responsible for the healthcare of prisoners | No |
| Agency provides the following health intervention programmes |
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| Agency outsources the following services | Facilities maintenance |
| Other outsourced services |
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| Video-conferencing facilities to prisoners |
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| Agency has a national, centralised and service-wide Offender Management System | Yes |
| Which prisoners have access to a telephone service |
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| Agency provides access to the following self-service technologies |
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| Agency provides prisoner education | Yes |
| Agency provides vocational training | Yes |
| Is work a mandatory requirement for prisoners | No |
| Types of treatment/intervention programmes provided |
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| Agency provides spiritual guidance services irrespective of denomination | Yes |
| Agency provide a diet which meets the needs of all cultures/denominations | Yes |
| Number of visits permitted for pre-trial prisoners per month | 10 |
| Agency provides mother-child units in any of its prisons | Yes |
| Agency has a national, centralised system for managing visits | Yes |
| Agency works with external services in preparing a prisoner for release | Yes |
| Agency has its own national intelligence branch | Yes |
| Agency has specialised interventions teams | Yes |
| Agency has a dedicated system for case management | Yes |
| Agency has a formal complaints process for prisoners | Yes |
| Who is responsible for the escort of prisoners |
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| Agency utilises a form of segregation | Yes |
| Agency can carry out the following sanctions |
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| Agency has a system for prevention of suicide in custody | Yes |
Address: Aragó, 332 , 08009 Barcelona
Telephone: +34 932 140 100
Website: http://justicia.gencat.cat
Email: [email protected]
Mr Amand Calderó Montfort
Position: Secretari de Mesures Penals, Reinserció i Atenció a la Víctima
Appointed since: 08/01/2019
Supported by the Justice Programme of the European Union