III.1. Prisons III.1.1. Prisons answerable to the SGIP (Office of the Secretary General for Prisons) and the Justice Department of the Regional Government of Catalonia 115.  During the year, Spain’s total prison population continued to fall, in line with the downward trend begun in 2010. This marked a reverse of the previous situation, when for many years the number of inmates had risen unchecked. According to Interior Ministry statistics, on 22 January 2010 Spain had a prison population of 76,033 people; By 7 January, 2011 the figure had fallen to 73,784 and by 30 December 2011 it had dropped again, to 70,491. This means that in the last two years, the number of inmates has fallen by 5,542, or 7.30%. Of these, 85.08% (59,967) are in prisons answerable to the SGIP (Office of the Secretary General for Prisons (Ministry of the Interior)) and 14.92% (10,524) are in facilities run by the Regional Government of Catalonia. The prison population On 30 December 2011, there were 5,376 women and 65,115 men in prison, 7.63% and 92.37% of the prison population respectively. A total of 58,046 individuals (82.34%) individuals were serving prison sentences and a further 12,445 (17.66%) were on remand. This reflects a continuation of the fall in the proportion of preventive inmates observed last year (see Paragraph 313 of Annual Report 2010. Non-nationals accounted for 34.76% of the prison population (24,502 individuals). The proportion of remand Depending on their prison regime (or “degree”) the figures for sentencees break down as follows: first degree 998 (1.73%); second degree 40,501 (70.51%); third degree 9,701 (16.88%); unclassified 6,240 (10.86%). 70.51% of the prison continued to fall in 2011 inmates also continues to fall population are serving their sentences under the “second-degree” regime Table 31. Breakdown of prison population (SGIP and Justice Department of the Regional Government of Catalonia) by sex and remand inmates/inmates serving sentences SGIP Males Females Total CATALONIA Total Remand inmates Sentencees Remand inmates Sentencees 9,529 45,796 1,781 8,009 65,115 958 3,684 177 557 5,376 10,487 49,480 1,958 8,566 70,491 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN   137