CAT/C/URY/CO/3 (a) Ensure that the basic needs of persons deprived of their liberty are met in respect of medical care, access to drinking water and sanitation, and adequate ventilation in buildings, in accordance with the Convention and the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, bearing in mind that the Standard Minimum Rules are currently under review; (b) Redouble its efforts to make use of alternative measures to deprivation of liberty in accordance with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Noncustodial Measures (Tokyo Rules) and the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules); (c) Set a maximum limit on the length of time that a person can be held in pretrial detention, in accordance with international standards, as part of the reform of the Code of Criminal Procedure; (d) Ensure that different categories of prisoners are kept in separate institutions or wings based on their sex, age, criminal record, the legal reason for their detention and the type of detention concerned; (e) Prioritize the transfer of the prison system from the Ministry of the Interior to another administrative department. Deaths in custody 11. The Committee finds it regrettable that the State party has not provided full statistical information on deaths of detainees during the reporting period. According to the scant data available, there were 46 deaths in the prison population between 2010 and 2012; of these deaths, 19 were a result of fires in detention centres and the remainder were caused by electrocution or violence among prisoners. The Committee takes note of the information provided by the delegation on the deaths of prisoners in the fires of 24 August 2009, at the Santiago Vázquez prison complex (COMCAR) and of 8 July 2010, at Rocha prison, according to which both the related criminal cases were shelved at the prosecution’s request. The Committee also finds it regrettable that information is lacking on investigations into the deaths that occurred in custody during the reporting period and on the steps taken to prevent any recurrence of such cases. The State party should provide comprehensive statistics on the number of persons who have died in custody during the reporting period, disaggregated by place of detention, sex, age, ethnic origin or nationality and cause of death. It should also provide detailed information on the outcome of investigations into those deaths and on steps taken to prevent any recurrence of such cases. The Committee urges the State party to promptly undertake thorough, impartial investigations into all deaths of persons held in custody and to carry out the corresponding autopsies. The State party should also assess any possibility that prison officers or other staff might bear responsibility for such deaths and, if this proves to be the case, to punish those responsible appropriately and to provide compensation to the victims’ families. Juvenile justice 12. The Committee is concerned about the call for a referendum on 26 October 2014 on the proposal to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 16 and try young people in conflict with the law as adults in cases involving serious crimes, as a means of 4 GE.14-04582