CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.2 Place of detention Restoration work Northern penal enforcement facility for • men • Maintenance work on the emergency power plant • Repair of power lines at the electrical substation • Repair of drinking-water tank valves • Installation of depressurization tank in the pump room • Repair of the boiler hydraulic system • Fitting of storage room motor • Fitting of public telephone terminals Federal District social rehabilitation centre for women • Refurbishment of the Torre Médica Tepepan hospital Santa Martha Acatitla social rehabilitation centre for women • Replacement of the food preparation stove for the child development unit • Repair of the hydropneumatic sewage pumping system for the cell block area • Fitting out of the water supply system for zones 1 and 2 of wing 12 • Iron construction work in cell blocks for the installation of additional metal bunks • Repair of boiler casings • Plastering work in the drinking water supply area in the visiting room garden • Demolition of cell block 1 (built more than 50 years previously) to provide a dayroom for inmates • External rendering work to prevent leaks affecting the checkpoint area during the rainy season • Iron construction work in cell blocks 1 and 2 for the installation of 12 metal bunks Santa Martha Acatitla social rehabilitation centre for men Federal District penitentiary Psychosocial rehabilitation centre for men 2. Expansion of capacity (beds have been installed in cell blocks 1, 2 and 3) Mexico state 289. With regard to support for indigenous inhabitants in Mexico state, it is reported that there are 281 indigenous persons in custody, for whose trials assistance is provided by the state public defence institute, which has specialist translators. Also, agreements have been concluded with the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples and the state commission for the development of indigenous peoples, which give free advice and support to indigenous persons held in state penitentiaries. 290. As regards data on persons deprived of liberty, the Mexico state adult detention system comprises 21 remand prisons and social rehabilitation centres and the Dr. Guillermo Colín Sánchez penitentiary. The number of persons incarcerated is 18,195 (17,094 males and 1,101 females). 80 GE.13-41196 (EXT)

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