A/65/44 special fund to compensate victims, to construct a national monument bearing the names of all the victims, and to declare a national holiday in memory of the victims. Pretrial detention (16) The Committee is concerned at the length of pretrial detention and the high number of persons thus detained because of a general increase in violence in the country, as the State party has acknowledged (art. 2). The State party should take prompt steps to restrict the use of pretrial detention as well as its duration, using alternative methods whenever possible and when the accused does not represent a danger to society. Conditions of detention (17) The Committee notes with satisfaction the planned measures and actions to be taken by the administration of the prison system to curb violations of the human rights of the prison population. However, the Committee expresses its concern at the serious problem of overcrowding — according to information supplied by the State party, the prison population stands at 21,671 against a capacity of 9,000 — which has an adverse impact on other prison conditions. The Committee is particularly disturbed at the failure to separate accused persons from convicted prisoners, women from men and children from adults, as well as inadequate health care, hygiene, drinking water, education and visits. The Committee is also concerned by reports of the use of incommunicado detention for long periods of time. (18) The Committee regrets the high levels of violence among prisoners and the lack of surveillance in prisons, which has led to deaths among prisoners. The Committee is also concerned that these incidents have not been promptly and impartially investigated, and that those responsible have not been punished. In view of this, the Committee is disturbed by the fact that article 45 of the Prisons Act has been amended to specify that complaints must be lodged by prisoners within a time limit of 15 days following any incident. (19) The Committee is also particularly concerned about prison conditions for minors, who suffer from ill-treatment and inadequate access to medical services and education (arts. 11 and 16). The Committee recommends that the State party should: (a) Take immediate steps to reduce overcrowding in prisons, in particular through the application of alternatives to imprisonment, and take steps to improve infrastructure, sanitary conditions and health services; (b) Ensure that accused persons are kept separate from convicted prisoners, women from men and children from adults in all places of detention; (c) Provide the necessary equipment, personnel and budgetary resources to ensure that prison conditions throughout the country are brought into line with minimum international standards and principles relating to prisoners’ rights; (d) Abolish all forms of incommunicado detention; (e) Pursue the development of programmes for prisoner resocialization and reintegration; (f) Take urgent steps to prevent violence among prisoners and ensure the prompt, impartial and thorough investigation of all incidents of violence in detention facilities and the punishment of those responsible. Prisoners’ complaints should not have to be made within a specific time frame; GE.10-44721 31