CAT/OP/ARG/1/Add.1 42. The National Directorate of the Federal Prison Service notes that persons deprived of their liberty in the interior of the country, who are starting or in the course of their probation period and are entitled to temporary leave, may apply to be transferred to an establishment closer to their family residence. Such transfers are also encouraged as a means of facilitating detainees’ progressive resettlement in a social and family environment. 43. Similarly, transfers are encouraged for persons who are nearing conditional or assisted release and/or are coming to the end of their sentences, that is, who have been included in the pre-release programme. These are then moved to establishments near to the address set for early release, or discharge in the event of completing their sentences. 44. The Prison Infrastructure Plan calls for more sweeping changes in the design and construction of prisons with a view to creating contained treatment areas and more normal environments that look and are used in ways similar to non-prison environments. The system is structured so that persons deprived of their liberty are engaged in organized activities for at least 10 hours per day, with areas provided for tutoring, and settings that are appropriate for each of the different phases of correctional treatment. 45. In order to provide more places, the Federal Women’s Correctional Complex IV in Ezeiza, Prison Unit No. 31 in Ezeiza, and Prison Centre I in the Salta province in Northwest Argentina, among others, have been extended. Building work has also started and a prison tendering and refurbishment process has been initiated in an effort to improve living conditions in the units concerned. 46. Persons deprived of their liberty can be placed in establishments close to their family homes that meet the requirements of their legal status and phase and stage of treatment. The Prison Infrastructure Plan also provides for the continued refurbishment and building of prison units with a view to providing more spaces and building new facilities in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Neuquén, Misiones, Chubut, La Pampa, Santa Fé, Formosa and Córdoba, among others. A project is already going ahead to build a new Federal Prison Complex III in the province of Salta, and there are plans to construct a new prison and a central neuropsychiatric institute in Ezeiza. These modern establishments are designed to provide accommodation for persons deprived of their liberty coming from those provinces. 2. Internal regime 47. The National Directorate of the Federal Prison Service noted that the classification system referred to in the Subcommittee’s report is set out in chapter V “Conduct and category” of the Custodial Sentences Enforcement Act No. 24660, which provided additional information regarding the categories of classification referred to in paragraphs 41 and 43 of the Subcommittee’s report. 3. Pretrial detention 48. As of 10 May 2013, the Federal Prison Service population stood at 5,782 prisoners on remand and 4,302 convicted prisoners (Criminal Code, article 34, 06 PPL; Code of Criminal Procedure, article 77, 02 PPL). In accordance with the General Regulations on Accused Persons, Decree No. 303/96, prisoners on remand and convicted prisoners are held in separate, independent areas. 49. With regard to the electronic surveillance methods used in accordance with current regulations for persons under house arrest, records have demonstrated the success of such methods, while highlighting the need to improve prior assessments of the suitability of recipients and supervision arrangements. It has therefore been decided that the National GE.14-40297 11