CAT/OP/HND/3 observations and recommendations) in respect of the prevention of torture and other forms of ill-treatment. 29. The national preventive mechanism should devise a strategy for presenting its visit reports to the authorities for publication and distribution and for using them as a platform for dialogue.13 The Subcommittee believes that the current practice of CONAPREV of publishing its visit reports is a good one and recommends that it continue this practice as long as it feels that it is appropriate. The Subcommittee recommends that the national preventive mechanism set up mechanisms for following up on its recommendations and that it do this, insofar as possible, in conjunction with the authorities. 30. The Subcommittee recommends that the national preventive mechanism make follow-up visits to the more problematic institutions.14 Recommendations regarding joint visits to places of detention 31. The Subcommittee recommends that future visits to the Marco Aurelio Soto National Penitentiary include an examination of the conditions in which mentally ill inmates are held and of the way they are treated and a review of the procedures used for referring inmates in need of specialized medical care to specialists outside the penitentiary. 32. In the case of visits to police stations, the Subcommittee recommends the following: • Short-, medium- and long-term objectives should be defined with a view to the establishment of a system for ensuring that persons arrested by the police have access to a doctor and that examination protocols are in place that will permit reliable information to be gathered regarding cases of torture or ill-treatment; • Steps should be taken to act upon the Subcommittee’s recommendation regarding the establishment of a team of medical/psychological experts to conduct thorough examinations as outlined in the Istanbul Protocol. Medical personnel should work independently from the police. Information on these objectives should be disseminated by such means as the national preventive mechanism’s annual reports and workshops for public officials, forensic physicians and doctors working in prisons. The participants in such workshops should, if possible, include national and international medical and psychological experts. 13 14 8 CAT/OP/1, para. 21; CAT/OP/12/5, para. 38. CAT/OP/1, para. 24. GE.13-40547