Moroccan prison population dominates in Spain

In Spain, the foreign nationality with the highest number of prisoners is the Moroccan nationality. This is what emerges from the latest figures published by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.

Foreign prisoners in Spain number 18,627, or more than 30% of the total prison population. Among them, 5,471 Moroccan prisoners, the most represented nationality. The total foreign population had fallen by 31.4% since 2009, when the prison population of foreign origin reached 27,162 inmates, or 35.9% of the total, said the report from Fernando Grande-Marlaska’s department. When reducing the figure to the period from 2017 to August 2024, foreign detainees increased from 28.1% to 31.6%, reports The Spanish. The Spaniards total 40,315, or 68.4% of the total. In 2023, of the 947 additional prisoners that the Spanish prison system recorded compared to the previous year, 935 were foreigners compared to only 12 of Spanish nationality. A striking figure.