A/HRC/28/68/Add.3 (g) Strengthen the public defender’s offices, ensure their autonomy and incorporate mechanisms for monitoring their conduct, and guarantee parity in the training and resources given to public defender’s offices and public prosecution services; (h) Continue training public servants in the prevention and eradication of torture and ill-treatment, including the treatment of victims and their family members in a manner that does not revictimize them. 84. With regard to monitoring: guarantee the independence of human rights commissions and the national preventive mechanism and encourage the national preventive mechanism to cooperate with civil society organizations and state human rights commissions. 85. With regard to the conditions of detention of adults and minors: (a) Take steps to reduce overcrowding, using pretrial detention as an exceptional measure and respecting its maximum lawful duration, and increase the use of alternatives to prison; (b) Guarantee appropriate financial and human resources for improving conditions of detention, including the quality and quantity of food, sanitary conditions and access to employment, recreational and educational opportunities; (c) Introduce mechanisms; accessible, confidential and independent complaint (d) Ensure that persons are detained in centres close to their communities and families; (e) Ensure that disciplinary measures are always applied according to judicially supervised procedures that allow the inmate to know and question the reasons for their application; ensure that solitary confinement is not used for more than 15 days, and in no circumstances for minors or persons with mental disabilities, and that it does not involve inhumane conditions of overcrowding or insanitariness; (f) Urgently improve the provision of medical, dental and psychological care to inmates, with increased human resources, more medicines and better infrastructure; ensure that detainees undergo a comprehensive medical examination on entry or transfer, including the documenting of possible torture; (g) Guarantee appropriate medical and psychological care for women prisoners, paying special attention to gynaecological and reproductive needs, pregnant women and mothers whose children are living with them. 86. Ensure that all women without discrimination are able to exercise their reproductive rights, including access to safe abortion where the law permits, making sure that there is no discrimination or impediment, such as the requirement that a criminal complaint be lodged or prior judicial authorization be obtained. 87. With regard to migrants: (a) Take steps to reduce the violence to which they are exposed, including due investigation and punishment of those responsible; (b) Facilitate access by civil society organizations and lawyers to migrant holding centres and to confidential interviews with migrants. GE.14-25288 21