CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.2 314. At the inmates’ request a chapel has been built and four public telephones for prisoners to make calls and one to receive calls have been installed. Concertina wire has been fitted along the top of the entire perimeter fence to strengthen security at the prison and thereby prevent escape attempts. 315. At the Etla prison, a room which is to serve as a dental surgery has been refurbished and fitted out in readiness for the forthcoming delivery of working equipment and a dentist’s chair by the Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca, which will also provide the necessary medical personnel to dispense treatment to inmates. 316. Following arrangements made by the authority, painting work is currently being carried out on the exterior and interior of this penitentiary with voluntary assistance from the prisoners. A wooden structure with a galvanized sheet-metal roof has been erected in the checkpoint area to shelter visitors arriving during the rainy season. Also, an ironwork and galvanized sheet structure has been erected in the workshop area to protect inmates from the sun and rain. 317. At the Tuxtepec prison the drainage system serving the cell blocks and administration building and also the pipes running along the exterior of the prison have been fully replaced. The kitchen areas of sectors 90 and 91 have been refurbished and extended, and the washing facilities in both sectors have undergone maintenance. Repair and maintenance work has been carried out on the lighting for the basketball courts. 318. All areas of the Tehuantepec prison premises have been waterproofed. Maintenance has been undertaken in the checkpoint area, and the notice stating which items may not be taken inside has been painted and its lettering renewed. An emergency electrical power plant has been installed and a special room to house it has been built outside the premises. 319. At the Pochutla prison the wiring has undergone repairs and maintenance and the fuse boxes which were in poor condition have been replaced. The same work has been carried out in the entrance stairway leading to the prison interior. The area where the telephones used by inmates are located has been refurbished. 320. At the Matías Romero prison the stairway leading to the conjugal quarters has undergone repairs and maintenance, and the same work has been carried out in the quarters themselves, which were in poor condition. Incandescent lamps have been installed in the women’s area to provide more light in that sector. VIII. A. Steps taken to increase economic and administrative resources of places of detention Federal District 321. The budget allocated to the prison service in the Federal District for the period from 2006 to 2012 is shown in the table below. Prison service budget allocation 2006–2012 Fiscal year Original allocation Amended 2006 $1 095 130 911.00 $1 187 654 313.43 2007 1 153 517 527.00 1 234 189 751.53 2008 1 346 676 473.00 1 375 058 813.31 2009 1 364 067 784.00 1 520 868 920.84 GE.13-41196 (EXT) 85