CAT/C/ECU/CO/7 (b) Ensure security inside prisons by providing appropriate training to prison staff and developing strategies to reduce violence among prisoners; (c) Ensure that the resources needed to provide prisoners with proper medical and health care are effectively allocated; (d) Ensure that prisoners are authorized to communicate with family and relatives on a regular basis and, to the extent possible, are placed in prisons close to their home or place of social rehabilitation, in accordance with rules 58 and 59 of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules); (e) Ensure that prison search and admittance procedures are not degrading to visitors (the Nelson Mandela Rules, rule 60). Solitary confinement 27. The Committee takes note with concern of reports indicating that inmates deemed to be highly dangerous have been placed in solitary confinement for long periods of time and that so-called “reflection cells” are used as a disciplinary measure in juvenile detention centres (arts. 11 and 16). 28. The State party should bring its legislation and practice on solitary confinement into line with international standards, as set forth in rules 43 to 46 of the Nelson Mandela Rules. In particular, the State party should: (a) Ensure that solitary confinement is used only as a last resort for as brief a period as possible and is subject to strict judicial oversight and control; (b) Prohibit the use of solitary confinement for minors in conflict with the law. Deaths in custody 29. The Committee notes with concern that, despite its repeated requests, the State party has not provided statistical information on suicides registered in places of detention during the period under review or on any investigations into such deaths. Nor has it provided information on the protocols that are followed in such cases (arts. 2, 11 and 16). 30. The State party should promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate all deaths in custody to determine whether prison officials are in any way responsible and, if so, duly punish the guilty parties and provide adequate reparation to the victims’ families. The Committee urges the State party to provide detailed data on registered cases of death in custody, disaggregated by place of detention, sex, age, ethnic origin or nationality of the deceased and cause of death. Allegations of torture and ill-treatment in prison 31. The Committee takes note of the information provided by the delegation on the ongoing investigation into alleged abuses committed against inmates of the Sierra Sur Turi regional prison in Cuenca on 31 May 2016. However, it regrets that it has not received information on the investigation into the cases of alleged ill-treatment of minors being held in centres for adolescent offenders in Quito, Machala and Ambato (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 16). 32. The Committee requests the State party to provide full information on the results of the investigation into allegations of abuse committed in the Sierra Sur Turi regional prison. It should also investigate and report to the Committee on allegations of ill-treatment of minors held in centres for adolescent offenders. 6 GE.17-00413