internal and external oversight. This audit should be followed up with regular inspections to ascertain the extent of compliance with the initial recommendations; (b) Carry out a campaign to sensitize staff and the general public to the need to combat corruption in the prison system and to make them aware of the adverse consequences of corruption; (c) Draft, approve and then distribute a code of conduct to prison staff; (d) Promote transparency in the administration of the prison system’s resources by, inter alia, making public each prison’s budget, budgetary decisions and the names of the responsible officials; (e) Increase the wages of prison staff in order to ensure that their pay levels are fair and adequate and raise the professional standards and status of prison workers by creating a correctional studies curriculum; (f) Investigate allegations of corruption and, in cases where it is suspected that a crime has been committed, provide the relevant information to the Office of the Public Prosecutor. 65.Narcotics. Paraguayan authorities have informed the Subcommittee about the “Zero Drugs” campaign, whose aim is to eradicate narcotics from the country’s prisons. During the visit of the Subcommittee’s delegation, it became evident that drugs were commonplace in Tacumbú National Prison. In one case, the Subcommittee’s representatives witnessed an inmate smoking marihuana when prison guards were not far off. In another, an inmate showed the Subcommittee’s representatives how much crack cocaine he had in his possession, as well as the device he used to inhale it. This inmate told them that a “rock” of crack cocaine could be bought for just 3,000 guaraníes (approximately US$ 0.50). A number of persons said that the use of crack cocaine had recently become more prevalent in Tacumbú Prison and that this had had extremely serious consequences for the inmates. 66.A number of inmates told the Subcommittee’s delegation that the consumption of this highly addictive and harmful narcotic was a factor in the situation of the pasilleros. They said that inmates (who, as noted earlier, have to pay for their lodging and other benefits) sell off their personal effects and even stop paying for their cells, thus ending up sleeping in the corridors, so that they can continue to use this drug. Crack addicts’ cell block mates also reject them out of fear that the addicts will rob them, as well as because of the state of euphoria that they sometimes display. The Subcommittee believes that the use of crack cocaine and other narcotics in prisons inevitably has an adverse impact. Illegal drug use and trafficking have a powerful negative influence on relations among prisoners and between them and the authorities. Illegal drugs give rise to a series of related problems as well, such as violence, the status enjoyed by traffickers, the presence of adulterated drugs, debts and the risk of infection (particularly with HIV and hepatitis) for inmates who share contaminated needles. 67. The Subcommittee recommends that prison authorities step up their efforts to prevent drugs from being brought into prisons, to identify access routes and to launch drug prevention campaigns (harm reduction programmes). Detoxification programmes for individual drug users and family reintegration therapy should be provided in conjunction with the above measures. Annex List of senior officials and other persons with whom the delegation met A.National authorities Ministry of the Interior Mr. Rafael Filizzola, Ministry of the Interior Ms. Diana Vargas, Human Rights Directorate Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Juan Esteban Aguirre, General Directorate for Multilateral Policy Ms. Lorena Cristaldo Ms. Lizza Estigarribia Ministry of Justice and Labour Mr. Humberto Blasco Gavilán, Minister of Justice and Labour Mr. Carlos María Aquino, Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights Ms. Olga María Blanco, General Directorate for Prisons and Corrections Judiciary Mr. Víctor Nuñez, Supreme Court Justice