Civio investigations
pretrial detention
How many people are in jail awaiting trial in Spain? And in Europe? What psychological consequences does preventive detention have? What happens if when the trial comes you are acquitted? We answer all these questions in a series of investigations on the status of provisional detention throughout Europe and in Spain.
Justice
The suicide rate among people in pretrial detention is double that of convicted prisoners
In Europe there were 17.5 suicides per 10,000 people in pretrial detention, while the proportion was 8.54 deaths in the rest of the prison population.
Justice
One in five people in EU prisons are in pretrial detention
People waiting for a final sentence often suffer worse conditions than convicted prisoners, even if they're innocent.