Training (14) The Committee welcomes the detailed information provided by the State party on training programmes for law enforcement officials, prison staff, judges and prosecutors. However, the Committee regrets the lack of information on monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of these programmes in reducing incidents of torture and ill-treatment (arts. 10 and 16). The State party should: (a) Further develop educational programmes to ensure that all officials, including civil or military, law enforcement personnel, medical personnel and other officials who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment, are fully aware of the provisions of the Convention; (b) Ensure that all relevant personnel receive specific training on how to identify signs of torture and ill-treatment and report such incidents to the competent authorities; (c) Ensure that the Istanbul Protocol (Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1999) becomes an integral part of the training provided to physicians and other officials undertaking investigations and that it is translated into all appropriate languages; and (d) Develop and implement a methodology to assess the effectiveness and impact of such training/educational programmes on the reduction of cases of torture and ill-treatment. Conditions of detention (15) While welcoming the measures taken by the State party to improve considerably the conditions of detention, including the construction of new facilities and the renovation of existing ones, the Committee remains particularly concerned at the overcrowding and the poor material conditions in Podgorica Prison. The Committee is also concerned at the lack of information on sexual violence in prisons, including inter-prisoner violence (arts. 11 and 16). The State party should strengthen the implementation of the national prison reform process, including the allocation of sufficient funds to further improve the infrastructure and, in particular, of Podgorica Prison. In addition, the State party should ensure regular provision of hygienic articles and regular visits by family members. The Committee also recommends that the State party take appropriate measures to prevent sexual violence in prisons, including inter-prisoner violence. Minorities (16) While noting the various measures adopted by the State party, including the Strategy for Minority Policy; the Strategy for the Improvement of the Position of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian populations (RAE) in Montenegro for the period 2008-2012; the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Project “Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015” and the establishment in 2006 of the “Funds for Minorities”, the Committee is concerned at information regarding the discriminatory treatment suffered by Roma, as well as their deplorable living conditions resulting from such treatment, which may amount to degrading treatment (art. 16). The State party should ensure that Roma living in the State party are protected from discriminatory treatment. Furthermore, it should strengthen its efforts to implement the various plans and strategies addressing minorities, including Roma, so as to improve their extremely precarious living conditions and ensure their access to education, employment, including in the public administration, health care and social welfare, in a non-discriminatory manner. 61