A prisoner cut off his penis in his cell after being told his wife didn't want to see him in a conjugal visit.
Prison workers saved the unnamed inmate's life after finding him bleeding to death following his shocking act of self-mutilation and rushing him to the jail health centre.
The horrific incident happened on Christmas Eve in south-west Spain.
It was not immediately clear if medics had been able to reattach the sex organ.
Local reports said he suffered psychiatric problems.
In September a prisoner in Spain was rushed to hospital after eating his own ears.
Prisoner cut off his penis after his wife didn't want conjugal visit
An inmate in Spain cut off his penis after his wife refused a conjugal prison visit. The prisoner was found bleeding to death in his cell in a prison near Cadiz on Christmas Eve.
