A/HRC/22/53/Add.2 aims at rehabilitating and reintegrating offenders; and create educational and work opportunities and recreational activities for inmates; (c) Move inmates on death row and sentenced to life imprisonment to open or semi-open facilities; (d) Apply judicial control over penal institutions; strengthen the powers of the enforcement judge in such a way to enable him to effectively control these institutions, monitor penalty enforcement and verify its validity; strengthen the right to appeal for those affected by disciplinary measures; (e) Facilitate monitoring by regional commissions to improve the situation in prisons and implement prisoners’ rights, through regular and effective visits to prisons and presentation of reports on the situation of prisons and prisoners; (f) Provide adequate dental and psychiatric care, as well as psychological interventions, as a general rule. 94. With regard to psychiatric institutions, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Apply the provisions of articles 3 and 4 of the implementing decree for the Prisons Act (No. 23/98), especially with regard to refraining from the use of violence against prisoners, and prohibit solitary confinement; (b) Implement visits to psychiatric institutions by the General Prosecutor’s Office and by CNDH as foreseen by law. 95. With regard to institutional reform, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Have the highest authorities, in particular those responsible for law enforcement activities, declare unambiguously that they will not tolerate torture or illtreatment by their subordinates and that perpetrators will be held to account; (b) Further raise awareness in all law enforcement personnel of their role in preventing torture and ill-treatment by means of mandatory training on international standards on the prohibition of torture, on provisions governing investigations of torture and ill-treatment and on interrogation techniques, and further develop training programmes to be delivered during professional qualification courses for health and legal professionals on detecting, reporting and preventing torture; (c) Integrate the prisoner health services into the Ministry of Health, which would contribute to a higher standard of medical service; (d) Ensure that victims obtain redress and fair and adequate compensation, including the means for the fullest rehabilitation possible; establish mechanisms and programmes, including relevant infrastructures within the Ministry of Health, to provide all victims with rehabilitation, and fund private medical, legal and other facilities, including those administered by non-governmental organizations, that provide medical, psychological and social rehabilitation; (e) Consider providing bilateral direct funding for civil society organizations assisting victims and their family members, and the establishment of specialized services within the national health system. The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture is invited to consider requests for assistance by nongovernmental organizations that work to ensure that persons who have been tortured have access to medical care and legal redress. 21

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