A/HRC/4/40/Add.2 page 14 The 24-hour limit for bringing an arrested person before a judge is generally respected. The Office of the Ombudsman presents habeas corpus and amparo requests whenever it deems it necessary, and the mayor duly rules on the habeas corpus cases that are submitted. A judicial cooperation programme has been set up to strengthen institutions linked with the judiciary. C. Example of the Virgilio Guerrero Youth Guidance Centre 59. Another positive aspect noted by the Working Group relates to the application of the Children’s and Youth Code. The prohibition of the detention of minors with adults is apparently enforced at both detention centres and police cells, and the juvenile justice system functions separately from the one for adults, with its own principles and standards. The delegation visited the Virgilio Guerrero Youth Guidance Centre; it saw that minors were separated according to the their trial status, and that the atmosphere was healthy and facilitated their rehabilitation and the continuation of their studies. The Centre set an example that should be followed by the rest of the country’s juvenile detention centres. D. Detainees’ contact with their families and other arrangements 60. During its visits to social rehabilitation centres the Working Group was able to see, in some more than in others, that arrangements had been made by the prison authorities for detainees to maintain contact with their families, thus ensuring the moral and emotional support so important in the rehabilitation process. Through family visits detainees can be kept supplied with food and toiletries that are in short supply because of a lack of appropriate budgetary support. 61. The detainees are also involved in organizing their daily schedules and can elect and take part in committees that put forward their concerns and suggestions. E. Government cooperation following the visit 62. As is customary, at the end of its visit the Working Group held a meeting with government representatives to inform them of its first impressions, and held a press conference. The Working Group noted with satisfaction that the Government had begun to consider some of the subjects of concern that it had expressed during the visit. Executive Decree No. 1339 of 20 April 2006 established the Citizen Safety Unit, with the aim of ensuring respect for the human rights of detainees through the coordinated work of the National Police, the Office of the Attorney-General, the judiciary, the Department of Social Rehabilitation, provincial and cantonal councils and representatives of civil society. 63. Another important aspect is also being addressed: the lack of resources for detention centres. In Executive Decree No. 1330-A of 7 April 2006, the President declared a state of emergency in prisons, which makes it possible to earmark extra resources to cover urgent needs there. As a first step, 8 million United States dollars were appropriated to improve infrastructures and basic services and to relieve overcrowding.