from office.
201.The Inspectorate-General has also conducted periodic awareness campaigns, circulating leaflets designed for the media, to
ensure that the public is informed of the Inspectorate’s actions and know what to do in case if they are a victim of or witness to a
crime or learn that one has been committed.
E.The following recommendations fall within specific objective 5 of the Action Plan
Increase leisure and recreational activities for female inmates in the Central Prison in Oaxaca
(para. 187)
Compliance measures
202.During 2009 and 2010, the management of the Central Prison of the state of Oaxaca implemented leisure activities in the central
courtyard of the facility, such as recreational reading, choir, literature and musical groups. Facilities were also provided for the
inmates to attend the gym and take part in volleyball practice.
203.In order to foster ties between women prisoners and their families, activities are promoted on dates such as Epiphany, Children's
Day, Women's Day and Mother's Day.
204.Inmates perform various work activities such as sewing and crafts.
205.The State Institute of Adult Education offers educational activities at literacy, primary and secondary levels in an open system,
while the Basic Education Centre attached to the State Institute of Public Education in Oaxacaoffers primary education in a school
system, Monday to Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.This facility also gives courses in sewingand English.
Conduct an urgent review of the physical conditions, including renovation programmes in the
women’s quarters of the Central Prison in Oaxaca (para. 187)
Compliance measures
206.During 2009 and 2010 maintenance work was carried out on the plumbing and electrical installations of the women's quarters of
the Central Prison.
207.In the state’s Central Prison improvement work was carried out such as better ventilation in the kitchen area, refurbishment of
the roof and improvements to the ceiling and lighting in the cell, a general overhaul of the bathrooms, improvements zone-by-zone of
sinks in bathrooms and outdoors, and renovation of the electrical installations in the women's section, waterproofing work in the
water tank, kitchen and women's quarters, waterproofing of Cell 19, new flooring, repainting, general cleaning of walls and bell in the
kitchen area, all completed in January 2011.
Carry out an immediate review of the condition of prisoners in cell block No. 19 and other similar
areas at the Santa María Ixcotel Prison in Oaxaca, where there is a situation of extreme
overcrowding (paras 191 and 196)
Compliance measures
208.The Oaxaca state government has renovated cell block 19, relocating 35 inmates from cells 19, 20 and 21 and from guard house
number 3, to another area measuring 150 square meters.
209.Furthermore, in the state’s Central Prison improvement work was carried out such as better ventilation in the kitchen area,
refurbishment of the roof and improvements to the ceiling and lighting in the cell, a general overhaul of the bathrooms, improvements
zone-by-zone of sinks in bathrooms and outdoors, and renovation of the electrical installations in the women's quarters,
waterproofing work in the water tank, kitchen and women's quarters, waterproofing of Cell 19, new flooring, repainting, general
cleaning of walls and bell in the kitchen area, all now completed.
Remedy the situation of patients in the Annex to Zimatlán Prison in Oaxaca, who are living in
inhuman and degrading conditions (para. 205)
Compliance measures
210.In accordance with decision 112 of the Minister of Public Security of the State of Oaxaca, of 29 January 2009, 55 inmates with
mental disorders were transferred from the Zimatlán psychiatric annex to the Tanivet Regional Prison in Tlacolula, Oaxaca. The
psychiatric annex of Zimatlán prison, Oaxaca, was closed on the same date.
Make appropriate arrangements for female inmates whose children live with them in the prison
(para. 187)
Compliance measures
211.In the case of the state of Oaxaca, we found that in late September 2009, nine children were living with their mothers, while in
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