CAT/OP/CHL/1/Add.1 • Replacement of toilets in inmates’ cells: replacement of toilet bowls in cells in several units, carried out by inmates. 121. Regarding the South Santiago Pretrial Detention Centre, the Prison Service issued a technical report 40 describing current conditions at the facility and recommending that certain urgent actions to be taken. The work will cost 12,413,248 pesos 41 and will be implemented by the facility’s maintenance unit with the cooperation of inmates. Funding for repairs to Cell Block No. 9 has been approved and the necessary materials have been purchased, with repair work due to be carried out on floors, walls of the central corridor and inmate cells and bathrooms in the cell block. 122. Finally, in October and November 2016, more than 1,600 inmates at South Santiago Pretrial Detention Centre were relocated in order to optimize segregation and improve conditions for first-time detainees. 3.3.2 Food and essential goods 123. The Government still needs to rectify a number of shortcomings in relation to food and the supply of essential goods. Accordingly, and in response to the recommendations of the Subcommittee, the authorities have taken the actions described below. 124. Paragraph 81: In view of the fact that food is an essential component of good health, the Subcommittee recommends that the State party ensure that prison facilities provide regular, good-quality meals that are well prepared and served and offer sufficient nutritional value. Similarly, the health-care team should monitor every stage in the production and delivery of food to inmates and ensure that a record is kept of food deliveries. 125. Paragraph 83: The Subcommittee recommends that, in accordance with the Nelson Mandela Rules (rule 22), the State party ensure that every prisoner is “provided by the prison administration at the usual hours with food of nutritional value adequate for health and strength, of wholesome quality and well prepared and served”. No detainee should need to depend on third parties for food. The Subcommittee recommends that the prison system be allocated enough funding to provide all persons deprived of their liberty, including those held in privately run prisons, with sufficient food. With respect to the provision and distribution of food, medicine, toiletries and clothing, it is recommended that regular procedures should be implemented to ensure that these articles reach their intended recipients, in accordance with the Nelson Mandela Rules (rules 18 and 19). 126. The Prison Service employs professional nutritionists who plan four meals a day,42 which in traditional prisons are served taking the following criteria into account: • The nutritional value of the food served, which meets the nutritional recommendations developed for the Chilean population under Ministry of Health guidelines. • The weekly consumption frequency table, drawn up in accordance with healthy eating guidelines of the Ministry of Health. • The availability of resources for developing a food distribution system. • The security arrangements of the correctional facility concerned. 127. Nutritional value is regulated by standardizing the weight in grams of each dish, in accordance with a manual on food planning and healthy eating and additional instructions. This is done under the supervision of the prison director, the administrative director or the professional nutritionist responsible for the facility. 40 41 42 GE.17-07762 On 5 October 2016, the Prison Service visited the facility to inspect the living conditions and the state of the infrastructure in Cell Block No. 9 and the “Colo-Colo” sleeping quarters. On 9 November 2016, a further visit took place in a comprehensive survey was made of all cell blocks in order to prepare an architectural design and a budget for the planned interventions. Equivalent to approximately US$ 18,407 (23 November 2016). Breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper, all of which are evaluated by a professional nutritionist. 23