plain clothes ” ) should be obliged to identify themselves by name, surname and rank at the time of arrest and transfer of persons deprived of their liberty. As a general rule, police officers responsible for enforcing deprivation of liberty or who have persons deprived of their liberty under their custody should be identified in the appropriate registers. Prisons 279. The SPT recommends that the work described in paragraph 149 be implemented without further delay. 280. The SPT recommends that beds and proper mattresses should be made available to all inmates, including prisoners held in solitary confinement. 281. The SPT recommends that the Paraguayan authorities should ensure that different categories of prisoners (adults/children, convicted prisoners/prisoners awaiting trial, men/women) are kept in different institutions or different sectors of the same institution. 282. The SPT recommends the establishment of a uniform system for registering admissions, in the form of a bound book with numbered pages, in which the identity of the persons held, the reasons for their arrest and the authority which ordered it as well as the date and time of admission and release should be clearly indicated. Prison staff should receive instructions on how to use the registers, so that they do not leave blank spaces between the notes . 283. The SPT also recommends the establishment of a uniform system for registering disciplinary offences, in which the identity of the offender, the penalty imposed, its duration and the officer in charge should be clearly indicated. 284. With regard to the problem of corruption, the SPT recommends: (a) The adoption by the highest authorities of a firm and transparent prison policy to combat corruption; (b) The training of prison officers, supervisory staff and prison management, and the payment of adequate wages to prison personnel; (c) The adoption of measures to promote access by civil society and representatives of the media as a means of ensuring external monitoring; (d) Immediate adoption of the following measures: (i) Monitoring the assignment of cells and beds to ensure that all inmates have a decent place to sleep without being obliged to pay for it; (ii) Banning the carrying of money by staff within the institution, and overseeing the enforcement of this ban; (iii) Recording in the inmates ’ personal files the wings to which they are assigned and the reasons for that assignment. 285. The SPT recommends that the prison authorities should not only step up security and combat corruption but also make a concerted effort to prevent drugs being brought into the prison, to identify access routes and to establish campaigns to dissuade inmates from using these substances. At the same time, they should introduce detoxification programmes for individuals and family reintegration therapy. 286. The SPT recommends that the number of prison guards at Tacumbú National Prison should be increased to an appropriate level in order to ensure security and respect for the integrity of all persons deprived of their liberty. 287. The SPT recommends that medical practitioners should examine all inmates upon admission to the prison. The examination must be carried out on the basis of a general questionnaire that, in addition to general health questions, must cover any acts of violence suffered recently. Medical practitioners must also conduct a complete medical examination, including a full body examination. If patients show signs of having suffered acts of violence, medical practitioners must assess whether the account of the acts is consistent with the results of the medical examination. When medical practitioners have reasons to believe that torture or ill-treatment have taken place they must include such information in the register prescribed in paragraph 97. 288. The SPT recommends that prisoners ’ medical records should be kept strictly confidential and that only medical staff should have access to them. 289. The SPT recommends that the supply of medicines should be increased to meet prescription requirements. In the case of a shortage of medicines, doctors should establish an order of priority among patients. 290. The SPT underlines that the right of prisoners to see a doctor at any time free of charge must be respected, and recommends that steps be taken to give effect to that right. Prisoners should be able to seek professional medical assistance in confidence and without their requests being obstructed or filtered by guards or other inmates. 291. The SPT recommends that all prisoners should have the opportunity to be X-rayed for tuberculosis using mobile Xray units and that treatment should commence for inmates who have tested positive. Prisoners sharing a cell with a person infected with tuberculosis should be allowed to undergo a second X-ray and the Mantoux test (for prisoners who have not been vaccinated) three months later. This procedure should be repeated periodically to prevent the outbreak of further cases. As regards HIV/AIDS, the SPT recommends that all prisoners should be provided with a free and voluntary HIV test. The tests should be confidential, be accompanied by advice and be administered only with the