IV.
USE OF ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OTHER THAN PRETRIAL DETENTION .......... 88
V.
HUMAN RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN PRETRIAL
DETENTION ........................................................................................................ 95
A.
B.
Separation and treatment in accordance with the right to the
presumption of innocence ................................................................... 95
Other considerations relevant to the conditions of detention of
pretrial detainees ................................................................................. 99
1.
2.
3.
4.
C.
VI.
Right to a defense in trial ....................................................... 99
Family contact...................................................................... 103
Right to vote ........................................................................ 104
Solitary confinement and high security modules ................ 105
Impact of the excessive use of pretrial detention on prison
systems .............................................................................................. 108
RECORDS OF DETAINEES, TRANSPARENCY IN PRISON OPERATIONS, AND
MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION ON THE USE OF PRETRIAL DETENTION... 112
A.
B.
C.
Records of detainees.......................................................................... 112
Transparency in prison operations .................................................... 114
Management of information on the use of pretrial detention .......... 116
VII.
CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................. 119
VIII.
RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................... 121
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
General recommendations pertaining to State policy ....................... 121
Application of other precautionary measures different
from pretrial detention ...................................................................... 123
Legal framework and application of pretrial detention ..................... 124
Detention conditions ......................................................................... 127
Legal defense ..................................................................................... 129
Independence of the justice authorities (or “justice operators”) ...... 129
Records and Statistics ........................................................................ 131