333.Furthermore, the examination and clinical history, like anything of this nature, are recorded and filed the inmate’s personal dossier, with a copy for the prison’s master file, located in each facility’s legal unit. 334.The Department for the Enforcement of Sanctions and Punitive Measures of the state of Oaxaca has also developed a system for recording physical examinations of inmates, which includes a space for traumatic injuries; it has been sent to all prison governors for implementation. Set up local and central medical records of deaths, including the name and age of the deceased, the place and cause of death, the findings of the post mortem examination and information on the circumstances surrounding the death in the case of deaths not found to be the result of natural causes (para. 173, 181) Compliance measures 335.The Department for the Enforcement of Sanctions and Punitive Measures of the state of Oaxaca has developed a system for recording deaths of inmates, which has been sent to all prison governors for implementation. Develop electronic records that include a space for noting, for each case, the origin of any traumatic injuries in the event of disturbances in prison (para. 181) Compliance measures 336.The Ministry of Public Security implemented the Prison Strategy 2008–2012 which covers health care for inmates with a preventive approach based on the use of technology, especially telecommunications. These measures are part of the Tele salud Programme, which allows specialist health services to be provided to inmates without compromising their security or that of society. 337.The programmes implemented by the Ministry of Public Security include the establishment of draft treatment or diagnostic guidelines, organizational and procedural manuals for the medical services of the federal detention and rehabilitation centres. In addition, the technological infrastructure and medical equipment of the federal facilities is being upgraded for the implementation of those programmes. 338.In all its prisons, the Government of the Federal District has set up local and central medical records of deaths, including the name and age of the deceased, the place and cause of death, the findings of the post mortem examination and information on the circumstances surrounding any deaths not found to be the result of natural causes 339.In addition, the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre for Men has an official universal form, distributed by the Ministry of Health of the Federal District, which contains the general identification data of the medical service, the time of certification, date, name, sex and age of the inmate patient and vital signs. This information is based on the government register as a record that can be consulted at any time and also on the medical record of the certificate. 340.Similarly, the head of the medical unit has a logbook noting the name, age, date of death, probable cause, a copy of the doctor’s note of death, circumstances of death, attaching any autopsy report establishing the actual cause of death. 341.Regarding records of persons detained in the state of Jalisco, the authorities issued instructions to the effect that the state prisons are to carry out strict controls by means of a single log of deaths, containing the following information: name of inmate, age, cell, process, court and offence, date and time of death, place of death, causes of death (diagnosis), record number, and any other circumstance relevant to the cause of death. 342.Meanwhile the Oaxaca state government has commissioned the development of a computerized register or database to keep track of any inmates who have traumatic injuries. Improve controls in respect of the age of people entering prisons in order to ensure that minors are never incarcerated in adult prisons (para. 183) Compliance measures 343.According to the records of the Department for the Enforcement of Sanctions and Punitive Measures of the state of Oaxaca, no minors are being held in any of the regional prisons. Give special attention to the problem of prison overpopulation and overcrowding (para. 192) Compliance measures 344.To solve the problem of overpopulation and overcrowding in prisons, in 2009 the district prisons of Jamiltepec, Putla, Nochixtlán, Teposcolula and Sola de Vega were closed, all in the state of Oaxaca. On that date, only Pochutla regional prison was overcrowded; this problem was solved by transferring sentenced inmates on a voluntary basis to serve their sentences in other facilities. 345.In January 2011, as a result of measures taken to reduce overcrowding, involving the closure of municipal and district prisons and the voluntary transfer of inmates, 14 regional prisons and one psychiatric annex are operating out of the 29 open in 2006. The

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