Prisoner numbers in Spain down and majority of inmates ‘reformed’

NEARLY seven out of 10 Spanish prisoners are rehabilitated, according to new government figures.

The Ministry of the Interior said the rate had reached 68.7 per cent, while reoffending was at 31.63 per cent.

Overall, the number of prisoners in Spain has fallen by 16,986 since 2009 to 58,961. The ratio of inmates per 100,000 inhabitants in Spain is 126, compared to 130.7 in September 2016.

The country has the tenth highest ratio of prisoners per population out of the 28 European Union member states.

The average sentence length in Spain is 18 months.

The information was revealed following a request about prison population sizes by Miguel Gutierrez, deputy of the Ciudadanos party.

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