Annual Report 2014 of the National Preventive Mechanism Notwithstanding the above, paragraphs 135 to 147 of this report show the criteria that the NPM considers should be met in deprivation of liberty at EDM. I.3 Long-term deprivation of liberty I.3.1 Prisons answerable to the Office of the Secretary General for Penitentiary Institutions (SGIP) and the Department of Justice of the Government of Catalonia 18. The prison population decrease trend of the past years, particularly since 2009, when it reached its historical maximum, appears to have stopped in the past year. Although the decrease continued in the CP of Catalonia, there was a slight increase of inmates in CP of the SGIP, as may be observed in the following tables: 10 Evolution of the Spanish prison population TABLE Total national Total SGIP Source: Own preparation based on data furnished by the SGIP 24