{
  "id": "R-0099",
  "title": "RisCanvi risk-assessment algorithm, Catalonia prison system, Spain, 2010–present",
  "short_title": "RisCanvi risk scores shape prisoners' access to leave and parole",
  "jurisdiction": {
    "country": "Spain",
    "region": "Catalonia",
    "level": "regional"
  },
  "domain": "criminal_justice",
  "system_type": "rule_based_risk_scoring",
  "system_name": "RisCanvi",
  "deployed_by": "Catalonia prison system (judicial actors)",
  "year_start": 2010,
  "year_end": null,
  "harm_type": "collective",
  "subject_count_estimate": null,
  "subject_identification": "anonymous_collective",
  "oversight_trigger": "journalism",
  "oversight_date": "2026",
  "remedy_status": "none",
  "documentation_status": "verified",
  "summary_50w": "Since 2010 Catalonia's prison system has used RisCanvi, a risk-assessment algorithm, to score inmates' risk; the scores inform decisions on leave, parole and prison benefits. A joint investigation by journalist Pablo Jiménez Arandia, Algorights and Público reported that the tool restricts vulnerable inmates' access to these benefits and lacks transparency and accountability.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "other",
      "title": "A practical guide to joint investigations: lessons learned from one year of the Civic Journalism Coalition",
      "url": "https://edri.org/our-work/a-practical-guide-to-joint-investigations-lessons-learned-from-one-year-of-the-civic-journalism-coalition/",
      "publisher": "EDRi",
      "date": null,
      "access_date": "2026-04-14",
      "is_primary": false,
      "notes": "Originating report"
    },
    {
      "type": "other",
      "title": "Público — RisCanvi investigation",
      "url": "https://www.publico.es/editorial/riscanvi",
      "publisher": "Público",
      "date": null,
      "access_date": "2026-10-10",
      "is_primary": false
    },
    {
      "type": "other",
      "title": "Journalismfund Europe — Europe's decision machines",
      "url": "https://www.journalismfund.eu/europes-decision-machines",
      "publisher": "Journalismfund Europe",
      "date": null,
      "access_date": "2026-10-10",
      "is_primary": false
    },
    {
      "type": "other",
      "title": "Estudios Penales y Criminológicos (USC) — article on RisCanvi",
      "url": "https://revistas.usc.gal/index.php/epc/article/view/8884/13243",
      "publisher": "Universidade de Santiago de Compostela",
      "date": null,
      "access_date": "2026-10-10",
      "is_primary": false
    },
    {
      "type": "other",
      "title": "Ara — study on risk assessment and violent incidents in prisons",
      "url": "https://es.ara.cat/sociedad/justicia/estudio-alerta-80-presos-implicados-incidentes-violentos-no-tenian-valoracion-riesgo_1_5293742.html",
      "publisher": "Ara",
      "date": null,
      "access_date": "2026-10-10",
      "is_primary": false
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "algorithmic_risk_scoring",
    "criminal_justice",
    "prison_system",
    "parole_denial",
    "vulnerable_populations",
    "catalonia",
    "spain",
    "civil_society_investigation",
    "algorithmic_accountability"
  ],
  "extraction_metadata": {
    "first_collected": "2026-04-14T19:28:02.099695+00:00",
    "last_verified": "2026-10-10T15:46:29.971673+00:00",
    "verified_by": "human_review"
  }
}