III.1. Prison facilities under the authority of the Office of the Secretary General for Prisons (abbreviated as SGIP in Spanish, hereinafter, SGIP) and the Department of Justice of the Government of Catalonia 72. As was already declared in the reports from previous years, the Spanish prison population has shown a down ward trend in the last few years, in particular as regards remand prisoners. In 2012 the total number of inmates has been reduced by 1,839 inmates, which represents 10.3% accumulated in the last three years. The table hereinafter represents the evolution of the prison population since year 2000. The prison population continues to decrease Table 27. Evolution of the prison population 80.000 73.558 70.000 60.000 56.096 51.882 50.000 45.104 40.000 47.571 39.013 41.131 48.643 59375 61.054 51.272 64.021 55.049 52.747 67.100 76.079 63.517 73.849 65.548 70.491 63.314 57.725 68.652 59.967 58.590 44.924 30.000 20.000 10.000 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total national 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total SGIP Source: In-house compilation based on data supplied by the SGIP. For its part, the percentage of remand prisoners has gone from 20.88% at the beginning of 2010 to 18.98% at the end of 2010, then to 17.66% at the end of 2011, and finally down to 15.86% at the end of 2012. The number of remand prisoners has also decreased Table 28. Distribution of the prison population at theSGIP and the Department of Justice of the Government of Catalonia, by gender and criminal-proceeding status, in 2011 and 2012 SGIP 2011 Men Women Total 2012 Men Women Total CATALONIA Remand Convicted Total SGIP Remand Convicted 9,529 958 10,487 45,796 3,684 49,480 55,325 4,642 59,967 1,781 177 1,958 8,009 557 8,566 Remand 8,270 852 9,122 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN Convicted 45,754 3,714 49,468 Total SGIP 54,024 4,566 58,590 Remand 1,611 158 1,769 Convicted 7,786 507 8,293 Total Catalonia Total % 9,790 734 10,524 65,115 5,376 79,491 92.37 7.63 100 9,397 665 10,062 63,421 5,231 68,652 92.39 7.61 100 Total Catalonia Total % 77