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(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.
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