Spanish prisons: a quarter of foreign prisoners are Moroccan

Moroccans represent the largest nationality in Spanish prisons, with 3,841 individuals, or 27% of the total. This figure places Morocco far ahead of other nationalities, exceeding the number of Colombian, Romanian and Algerian detainees combined.

Colombians constitute the second most represented nationality with 1,502 detainees (11%), followed by Romanians (1,156 detainees, or 8%) and Algerians (1,000 detainees, or 7%). Other nationalities are also present, but in smaller numbers: Ecuadorians (439), Dominicans (392), Peruvians (368), Senegalese (309), Brazilians (259), Albanians (291), Venezuelans (230) and Italians (208).