CAT/OP/CHL/1 of serious infections and unpleasant odours. Such is the level of overcrowding in the original section of the South Santiago Detention Centre that inmates have built a structure, which is also overcrowded, in the yard adjacent to the original cells from wood, sheet metal and plastic. 78. The Subcommittee recommends that urgent measures be taken to improve the unacceptable conditions in Valparaíso Prison and the South Santiago Pretrial Detention Centre. In the latter facility, it is recommended that the State party relocate the detainees in a manner that is in keeping with their status as persons charged with a first offence and dismantle the precarious annexed structure in view of the inhuman conditions that it affords. C. Food and essential goods 79. The Subcommittee welcomes the fact that persons with HIV in the Antofagasta prison receive a special diet prepared by a nutritionist and antiretroviral medicines. However, in all the places of detention that were visited, the inmates invariably complained that the food was of poor quality and that their diets were lacking in variety. In State-run prisons, the inmates must turn to their families in order to supplement their diet or to obtain other food to replace the prison meals entirely. Inmates who have no family or no financial resources suffer from serious dietary deficiencies. In the Valparaíso prison, the Subcommittee noted that the food was not only of poor quality but was also served in plastic bags, without cutlery or plates, which amounts to degrading treatment. 80. In privately run institutions, reports of food shortages were received by the Subcommittee. In addition, particularly in privately run prisons, commissary stores are not properly regulated and charge inflated prices. 81. In view of the fact that food is an essential component of good health, the Subcommittee recommends that the State party ensure that prison facilities provide regular, good-quality meals that are well prepared and served and offer sufficient nutritional value. Similarly, the health-care team should monitor every stage in the production and delivery of food to inmates and ensure that a record is kept of food deliveries. 82. The Subcommittee is particularly concerned about the fact that food is not always made available to persons being held in police stations and courthouse holding cells and to persons being transferred from one facility to another. These situations, which can last for several hours or days, may amount to ill-treatment. 83. The Subcommittee recommends that, in accordance with the Nelson Mandela Rules (rule 22), the State party ensure that every prisoner is “provided by the prison administration at the usual hours with food of nutritional value adequate for health and strength, of wholesome quality and well prepared and served”. No detainee should need to depend on third parties for food. The Subcommittee recommends that the prison system be allocated enough funding to provide all persons deprived of their liberty, including those held in privately run prisons, with sufficient food. With respect to the provision and distribution of food, medicine, toiletries and clothing, it is recommended that regular procedures should be implemented to ensure that these articles reach their intended recipients, in accordance with the Nelson Mandela Rules (rules 18 and 19). VII. Groups deprived of their liberty who are considered to be especially vulnerable A. The situation of women 84. The Subcommittee is concerned about the disproportionate effect of pretrial detention on women and notes that it has a serious psychological impact on mothers, GE.17-07771 13