CAT/C/SLV/CO/2 19. The Committee is also particularly concerned about prison conditions for minors, who suffer from ill-treatment and inadequate access to medical services and education (arts. 11 and 16). The Committee recommends that the State party should: (a) Take immediate steps to reduce overcrowding in prisons, in particular through the application of alternatives to imprisonment, and take steps to improve infrastructure, sanitary conditions and health services; (b) Ensure that accused persons are kept separate from convicted prisoners, women from men and children from adults in all places of detention; (c) Provide the necessary equipment, personnel and budgetary resources to ensure that prison conditions throughout the country are brought into line with minimum international standards and principles relating to prisoners’ rights; (d) Abolish all forms of incommunicado detention; (e) Pursue the development of programmes for prisoner resocialization and reintegration; (f) Take urgent steps to prevent violence among prisoners and ensure the prompt, impartial and thorough investigation of all incidents of violence in detention facilities and the punishment of those responsible. Prisoners’ complaints should not have to be made within a specific time frame; (g) Promptly, impartially and thoroughly investigate all allegations of illtreatment of child prisoners and take urgent steps to prevent acts of torture and illtreatment against child prisoners. The State party should also ensure that the deprivation of liberty is a last resort, used for the shortest time possible, and promote the use of alternatives to custodial sentences. 9. Conditions of detention under the Special Internment Regime 20. The Committee notes with concern the allegations concerning the transfer of detainees to the Security Centre without an official warrant and the reports of incommunicado detention. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned about the conditions of detention at the Security Centre under the Special Internment Regime, with particular reference to allegations of ill-treatment by prison staff at the time of the detainee’s admission, prolonged detention in solitary confinement and restrictions on family visits, food, light and air (arts. 11 and 16). The Committee recommends that the State party guarantee the detainee’s right to due process in accordance with the Special Internment Regime and abolish all forms of incommunicado detention. The State party should investigate promptly, impartially and thoroughly all allegations of ill-treatment. It should also take steps to improve the conditions of detention under the Special Internment Regime so that they comply with the minimal international standards and principles relating to the rights of persons deprived of their liberty. 10. Violence against women and femicide 21. The Committee notes the setting up of 14 Inter-Institutional Committees to implement the National Plan on Domestic Violence, the establishment of observatories on violence and the initiation in 2005 of the national research project on femicide. The Committee takes note of a draft bill on violence against women and the touring fairs aimed at educating and informing people about domestic violence. Nevertheless, it is very concerned at the prevalence of numerous forms of violence against women and girls, 6 GE.09-46812