and updated, thereby satisfying the quality criteria of the various public security academies. Every year they also validate the content
of these programmes, which include subjects related to the technical and operational role that police officers should have, along with
subjects related to ethical values, the rule of law and respect for human rights, thereby guaranteeing quality and a caring attitude in the
training of such personnel.
Indicate in intake records the reasons for the arrest; the exact time of the arrested person’s
arrival at the place of custody, the duration of the situation of deprivation of liberty, the identity of
the authority who ordered the person’s detention and of the officials responsible for enforcing it,
precise information concerning the place of custody, and the time of the detained person’s first
appearance before a judicial or other authority (para. 118)
Compliance measures
310.The Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre for Men keeps a record in the admissions and discharges book of the detainee's full
name, origin, number of case or preliminary investigation, offence, trial court and release.
311.The exact time of admission is entered in the register and on the admission sheet.
312.The Northern Federal District Detention Centre for Men has a register of admissions to the facility, in accordance with article 16
of the Regulations for the Detention Centres of the Federal District, which states:
"Article 16. – Prison governors shall establish an administrative system for identify ing inmates in line with the available
budgetary resources . The register shall include the following information:
I. Name, sex, age, place of origin; where appropriate, ethnic group , disability, address, civil status, profession or occupation
and information about the family;
II. Date and time when handed over to the enforcing authority;
III. Date and time of admission, along with the documents ordering the internment ;
IV. Finger print identification ;
V. Frontal and profile photographs;
VI. The identity of the authority which ordered the deprivation of liberty and the grounds therefor;
VII. Inventory of personal belongings;
VIII. A medical certificate attesting to the inmate’s physical condition, and
IX. Date and time of release, identity of the authority which ordered the release and the grounds therefor, as appropriate. "
313.The Santa Martha Acatitla Social Rehabilitation Centre has introduced a log book in which a sheet number is assigned to each
suspect, recording their name, age, civil status, nationality, occupation, offence, court, origin or borough, referral sheet number,
preliminary investigation number, name and badge number of the transferring officer and the date and time of transfer. Similarly, there
are three logbooks for releases of inmates.
314.At the same time, all devolved investigating prosecutors oversee the registry of admissions to their offices of persons handed
over to the Prosecution Service, and the circumstances of detention and, if applicable, the name and title of the person ordering or
carrying out the detention.
315.In the Federal District, in view of the findings alleged by a number of human rights protection mechanisms that most alleged acts
of torture occur between the time the victim has been arrested for committing a crime and is handed over to the investigating
authority, on 16 June 2009 the Attorney-General issued circular OC/004/2009 stating that detainees must be handed over forthwith.
316.The circular states that the Judicial Police officers carrying out the arrest of a person pursuant to a ministerial order or in flagrante
delicto, must immediately hand the suspect over to the prosecution service, and are strictly prohibited to hold them in places outside
the areas designated for that purpose.
317.It also states that the public prosecutor must immediately register the detainee handed over to him, recording at least the person’s
full name, the grounds for detention, the authority handing them over, and the date and time of admission. The head of the office is to
monitor compliance with the circular.
318.Note that when the detainee is handed over to the public prosecutor, the latter becomes materially and legally responsible for
their custody, and for providing information about their legal status to any persons and/or authorities requesting it.
Develop a system for documenting the chain of custody of detainees, with a standardized record
for logging, immediately and completely, the essential information about the deprivation of liberty
of the individual concerned and about the personnel responsible for that individual at all times,
together with information on the doctors responsible for certifying the individual’s physical and
mental integrity (para. 119)
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