CAT/OP/PRY/2/Add.1 68. It thus requested that the Subcommittee provide information on the minimum standards for cells in police stations that are used as temporary holding cells. 69. The plan envisages the construction of cells in police stations in the metropolitan area that have been identified as those requiring better infrastructure to avoid overcrowding and ensure basic conditions that are hygienic and provide enough space for anyone deprived of their liberty in these police stations. 70. Mr. Wilder Tayler, a member of the Subcommittee and the delegation that visited Paraguay, has expressed the view that there is no “universal formula available or any model that can be applied uniformly to a situation that, by definition, should be temporary”. 71. He has also said that “adjusting infrastructure to satisfy a temporary need carries the risk of prolonging the situation beyond what is recommended in human rights standards”. 72. However, the Subcommittee recommended in 2009 and reiterated in its 2010 report that “material conditions in the cells should be improved immediately, especially with regard to minimum floor space, cubic content of air, lighting and ventilation” (CAT/OP/PRY/1, para. 128 (c)). 73. Nevertheless, the Ministry of the Interior called for bids for the construction of new cells in the 24 police stations in the metropolitan area, and has already begun building in 22 of them. 74. 5. This process is expected to extend to police stations outside the capital in 2012. Detention for a protracted period of time in police custody (para. 50) 75. In May 2011, two summit meetings between the President of the Supreme Court of Justice and officials from the Ministry of the Interior were held to discuss matters of common concern to them. One of the main topics of discussion was prolonged detention at police stations. The discussions produced a joint policy on putting an end to this practice. 76. The policy requires joint action: the Supreme Court of Justice has drawn up a draft agreement prohibiting pretrial detention in police stations, while the ministry has drafted a ministerial decision establishing minimum conditions for deprivation of liberty in police stations and an institutional communication mechanism to facilitate the exercise of the right to a defence and the observation of procedural time limits. 77. This decision is designed to satisfy the need to have a standardized procedure for monitoring the minimum conditions of deprivation of liberty in police stations, as well as an institutional communication mechanism to facilitate the right to a defence and the observation of procedural time limits. 78. Furthermore, the Ministry of the Interior reviews the list of detainees at all of the country’s police stations three times a week, in order to monitor the observation of procedural time limits. 79. In cases where a violation of the procedural time limits has been detected, the Human Rights Directorate sends memos to the Public Prosecution Service and the Supreme Court of Justice, reporting the violation of the procedural time limit and asking both agencies to respect such limits. 6. Allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment (para. 51) 80. In addition to the training for police personnel on the use of the “Basic guide to human rights for the police service”, the decisions of the National Police Commander concerning human rights will be publicized more widely and brought to the attention of police station chiefs and their deputies. 10 GE.11-43459