2.3 The remand population remains a major contributor to overcrowding. According to the DCS' records, on average, 733 of those in remand spend more than three years awaiting trial. More than 230 of these detainees will spend four to five years awaiting trial, while 90 will spend more than five years in remand before they are sentenced. One such inmate is detained at Durban-Westville and has so far spent just under eight years in remand. He has reportedly appeared before the magistrate's court nine times, and 55 times before the Pietermaritzburg High Court. In 2010/11 the JICS reported that, although the remand population had by May 2010 decreased from almost 64 000 in April 2000 to 49 030, those in remand still constituted more than 30% of the inmate population, and 52% of the population are at those centres that are critically overcrowded. The JICS registered its concern that, though remand detainees are not convicted criminals, they are subjected to the same inhumane conditions sentenced offenders are subjected to. This presents an ethical dilemma that demands serious attention.