1. Catalonia Prison Services The political and administrative context
Co-funded by the Criminal Justice Programme of the European Union
Catalonia Prison Services
The political and administrative context
Competences and Mission

2. Catalonia Prison Services Political and administrative context
Catalonia: 4 provinces and 7,5 millions inhabitants
In 1984 Catalonia received the transfer of competences
for the management of Prison Services.
Catalonia is the only Autonomous Community within the Spanish State
that gathers all the competences on the subject of juvenile justice,
penitentiary administration and police.
The Criminal Code and the Penitentiary Law they are the same
in the whole State but there are two penitentiary administrations
completely independent from each other.
The Department of Justice has two General Directorates in charge of the
enforcement of criminal sanctions and measures:
The General Direction of Penitentiary Services
The General Direction of Community Sanctions Enforcement and Juvenile Justice

3. The mission
Enforcement of sentences and measures addressed to the whole population (adults as well as minors) with prison and/or probation measures
Offering technical advice to the judiciary
Victim-offender mediation programs
Victim protection offices and victim assistance services.

4. Directorate General for Prison Services
Management
Developing the system of enforcement of prisons sentences
Coordinate programs and health promotion together with the Department of Health, and education and training with the Department of Education
Support the reintegration processes of inmates (together with CIRE)
Developing, directing and supervising rehabilitation programs for inmates and the operation of prisons.
Directing its human and financial resources. (330 million €)

5. Directorate General for Prisons The rehabilitation
Coordinating the treatment programs that contribute
to the reintegration of the inmates.
Coordinating the programs of promotion of health
with the Ministry of Health, and coordinating the
formal training with the Ministry of Education.
Supervising the processes of classification and
destination of the inmates within the prisons.
Planning and supervising open prison and
parole programs.

6. Yearly average of inmates in Catalan prisons
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
4.749
5.257
5.838
6.324
6.749
6.613
6.245
6.083
6.093
6.045
6.095
6.287
6.825
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
7.246
7.867
8.271
8.820
9.283
9.792
10.352
10.741
10.702
10.348
10.009
9.734
9.229

7. Yearly average of inmates in Catalan prisons

8. Main features in 2016 Penitentiary population
Inmates
Man ,1%
Women ,9%
Nationals ,6%
Foreigners ,4%
EU ,2%
Open regime %
Conditional release %
Average time in prison days
Rate of inmates x inhabitants 117 (Spain 135)
Prison Centres 10 Ordinary Prison Centres
5 Open Prisons
Offences
Against property ,2%
Violent crimes ,6%
Public health ,2%
Personnel