III.1. Prisons answerable to the Office of the Secretary General for Penitentiary Institutions (Secretary General for Penitentiary Institutions –“SGIP”) and the Department of Justice of the Government of Catalonia 80. Prison population in Spain continues its reduction trend, having Prison population is reduced been reduced by almost 9,000 persons in the last four years, which had a favourable impact on certain prisons (Centros Penitenciarios –“CP”) which had an occupancy above their optimum capacity. 40.000 65,395 55,643 68,652 58,590 70,491 59,967 73,849 63,314 76,079 65,548 63,517 67,100 57,725 64,021 55,049 61,054 52,747 56,096 48,643 51,882 44,924 50.000 45,104 39,013 60.000 47,571 41,131 70.000 59,375 51,272 80.000 73,558 Tabla 34 Evolution of Spanish prison population 30.000 20.000 10.000 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total national / Total SGIP Source: Own preparation based on data furnished by the SGIP. 89