# GC Libertad > Legal help and practical support for inmates in Spain and their families ## Posts - [How Spain's prison system works beyond the bars](https://gclibertad.com/spain-prison-system-how-it-works/): Spain's prisons are built around rehabilitation, but the system is still defined by security, classification and limited resources. Here's how the main rules, regimes and daily life inside actually work. - [Spanish prisons: most attacks since 2016](https://gclibertad.com/spanish-prisons-more-dangerous-than-ever/): A failed riot in Algeciras and the highest number of attacks on prison staff since 2016. What is happening inside Spanish prisons? - [Suspended sentences in Spain explained](https://gclibertad.com/suspended-sentences-spain-two-years-or-less/): A prison sentence of up to two years can often be suspended in Spain, but it is not automatic. Here is how it works and when judges say no. - [Spain's prison population at a ten-year low](https://gclibertad.com/spanish-prison-population-lowest-ten-years/): At the start of 2021, Spain had 47,373 people in prison, 38% fewer than at the peak in 2009. - [The Andalusian prisons with the most attacks](https://gclibertad.com/andalusian-prisons-most-attacks-algeciras-sevilla-puerto/): Attacks on prison staff in Andalusia, prison by prison, and why the officers' union says violence is rising. - [Supreme Court: compensation for dismissed inmates](https://gclibertad.com/supreme-court-compensation-inmates-wrongfully-dismissed/): For the first time, Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that an inmate unfairly dismissed from a prison job has the right to compensation, like any other worker. - [Private prisons: solution or problem?](https://gclibertad.com/private-prisons-solution-or-problem/): Some countries hand prisons over to private companies. What does that mean for inmates, and how does it compare with Spain? - [Daily life in a Spanish prison: a guide for families](https://gclibertad.com/daily-life-spanish-prison-guide-families/): From admission and prison grades to visits, calls, letters and work: what daily life looks like for an inmate in Spain. - [List of the most dangerous prisons in Spain](https://gclibertad.com/list-most-dangerous-prisons-spain/): The five Spanish prisons with the most attacks on prison officers, and what families should know if a loved one is held there. - [Europol dismantles cannabis network: 107 arrested](https://gclibertad.com/europol-cannabis-network-spain-107-arrested/): Police in Spain, Germany and Albania arrested 107 people and uncovered 51 cannabis farms in a Europol-supported operation. - [Crime increases in Spain](https://gclibertad.com/crime-increases-in-spain/): Recorded crime in Spain rose by 7.2% in early 2023, according to the Ministry of the Interior, with big differences between regions. - [Crime of fashion: Spanish prison officers object to inmate-made uniforms](https://gclibertad.com/spanish-prison-officers-uniforms-made-by-inmates/): Prison officers in Spain complain about the quality of uniforms produced in prison workshops, a scheme meant to give inmates work experience. - [CSIF: Andalusian prisons lack doctors](https://gclibertad.com/csif-lack-of-doctors-andalusian-prisons/): 65 doctor positions are vacant in Andalusian prisons, and most centres have had to hire private medical services. - [Attacks on prison officers in Spain reach 453 in one year](https://gclibertad.com/attacks-prison-officers-spain-453/): 2022 saw 453 attacks on staff in Spanish prisons run by the Ministry of the Interior, the highest figure in years. - [Andalusian prison officers demand improvements after rise in attacks](https://gclibertad.com/andalusian-prison-officers-demand-improvements/): Prison staff across Spain protested after several serious attacks, warning of understaffing and a shortage of health care in prisons. - [Catalonia launches prison suicide prevention plan](https://gclibertad.com/catalonia-anti-suicide-programme-prisons/): Catalonia's Department of Justice is investing six million euros a year in a three-year programme to prevent suicide and self-harm in its prisons. ## Pages - [Cookie policy](https://gclibertad.com/cookie-policy/): Cookies are small files that a website stores in your browser. 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