Europe · Southern Europe
Centralised system (state) except in Catalonia and the Basque Country which operate regional services.
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
Prison population
59,226
Year: 2024
Rate per 100,000
121
Per 100,000 residents
Occupancy
73.6%
At or under capacity
Pre-trial / remand
17.7%
Share not yet sentenced
Female prisoners
7%
Foreign nationals
32.7%
Figures from official sources · verified 20 May 2026 · methodology
Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk
Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.
The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.
Source: World Prison Brief / unodc / Council of Europe SPACE I / eurostat
Custodial mortality + prison-health indicators aggregated from national statistics offices, UCLA custodial mortality dataset, and Marshall Project COVID tracking.
Indicators (latest by source)
Mortality Rate
90.91per_100k_pa
2020 · source: who-hiped
Mental Health
1,844count
2020 · source: who-hiped
Hcv Prevalence
535count
2020 · source: who-hiped
Tb Incidence
21count
2020 · source: who-hiped
Hiv Prevalence
1,653count
2020 · source: who-hiped
Laws, programmes, and pilots changing how Spain incarcerates — plus relevant research.
rehabilitation · active
Spain's three-degree progression places long-term prisoners into 'third degree' open conditions allowing daily work or study outside the prison, returning at night. Originally legislated in 1979 (Ley Orgánica General Penitenciaria) and routinely used today.
283 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.
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Spain · Alcalá de Henares
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Spain · Lozoyuela
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Spain · Algeciras
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Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.
Direct citations for the figures on this page.
Under CC-BY-4.0. Include the URL and access date; the site is a living reference and entries can change.
World Prisons. (2026). Spain — prison statistics. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/spain
"Spain — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/spain.
@misc{worldprisons-spain,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Spain — prison statistics},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/spain},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}