CAT/OP/CHL/1/Add.1 128. The prison’s technical council selects inmates to prepare meals under the instruction of food service professionals. In terms of distribution, food is mostly prepared in bulk, transported to the prison yard in thermal cooking pots and rationed according to the internal regime of the unit. In units with canteens, food is served on individual trays in the amount corresponding to each prisoner. 129. In addition, prisons operated under the concession system must adhere to the terms of the contract awarded in a competitive bidding process, which specify the nutritional value and frequency of meals, as well as the manner in which they are to be served. 130. There is no budget allocation for the supply of toiletries to inmates. The resources available for this item are used by the prisons to purchase the toiletries and other supplies that they require. Nevertheless, in response to the Subcommittee’s recommendation, the logistics department of the Prison Service will order the development and introduction of a register to confirm receipt of food and medicine, thus ensuring that essential goods are effectively delivered to persons deprived of their liberty. This register will be in place beginning in July 2017. 131. Meanwhile, SENAME aims to carry out two specific actions in response to the Subcommittee’s recommendations: • Its health unit will develop guidelines for the design of menus for directly administered centres that are part of the child protection and juvenile justice systems. It is expected that these menus will be made available to centres and utilized beginning in the second half of 2017. • It will develop an operational guide and a protocol for the delivery of toiletries so that the receipt of those materials is recorded. It is envisaged that the guide and the protocol will be in use during the second half of 2017. 3.4 Groups deprived of their liberty who are considered to be especially vulnerable 132. The situation of persons deprived of liberty in Chile is not homogeneous. Although the deprivation of liberty tends to create vulnerability, places of detention house different groups with different vulnerabilities, which the State must address in a targeted manner. This was noted by the Subcommittee during its visits, and in response to its recommendations, both the Prison Service and SENAME have drawn up proposals for action whose ultimate aim is allow for a more dignified life for all men and women living in places of detention. 3.4.1 Women 133. About 3,050 female prisoners are held at 38 correctional facilities throughout the country. Women account for less 10 per cent of persons deprived of their liberty in the closed system. The fact that they represent a small percentage of the prison population does not mean that they are immune to the gender discrimination or stereotyping that occurs outside of correctional facilities. The Government should seek to improve living conditions and provide services and targeted programmes in response to their demands. 134. Paragraph 85: The Subcommittee reminds the State party of the principle of the best interests of the child and rule 58, on pretrial and sentencing alternatives for women, of the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules). 135. With regard to the above recommendation, the Prison Service is constant in its concern for the best interests of the child, and for that reason, it created the Programme of Assistance for Pregnant and Nursing Women, which aims to help strengthen the relationship and the attachment between mothers and children by provided a separate space 24 GE.17-07762