of Social Development, as well as the Secretariat for Human Rights, civil society, and the academia. 148.The proposal’s main point is the setting up of an Inter-sectorial Team on Comprehensive Health Care of persons held under security measures in each state, made up of a health professional, a justice professional, and a welfare professional. This team will work in the coordination, in an integrated manner and in conformity with the peculiarities of each case, toward the deinstitutionalization of patients now in HCTPs, intervening at the admission time, making judges sensitive to criminal alternatives, such as treatment in the Psychosocial Care Centers (CAPS), and at the release time, employing all the resources available in their territories in the areas of health, justice, and welfare, among others. 149.The CAPS form part of a network of effective services that supersede the hospital-centered model; these services are open, provide daily care on a territorial basis, and are integrated with the community. They work toward the patients’ social reintegration and in promoting their autonomy, providing medical, psychological, and social follow-up. In Brazil there are currently 1,648 CAPS, 138 of which are specific for the treatment of drug addiction – CAPS-AD. 150.After incorporating the Commission’s contributions, the Ministries of Health and of Justice will draft a document on Comprehensive Care of Persons under Security Measure, to be issued together with the National Health Policy in the Prison System, still in 2012. 151.In the specific case of the RobertoMedeirosCenter for Treatment of Drug Addiction, the state of Rio de Janeiro has committed itself to undertake a dialogue based on local visits to the state’s units by representatives of the Penitentiary Administration Department and by the State Health Department. The information gathered by the survey will serve as a guide for the preparation and implementation of a State Operating Plan, with the active participation of the State Health Department and consistently with the National Plan on Health in Prisons. V.Policies on preventing and combating torture 152.To monitor the implementation of policies and check material conditions, as well as to receive any denunciations, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Justice (CNPCP and Ombudsman Office), the Ministry of Health, the Secretariat for Human Rights, and the Secretariat for Women´s Rights, undertake periodic inspections of facilities where there is deprivation of liberty. 153.At the state and local levels, inspections are carried out by the Penitentiary Councils, the Community Councils, the Sanitary Surveillance Agency, judges, public prosecutors and public defenders from the area of Criminal Execution, and civil society organizations. These inspections yield reports with recommendations for the improvement of these establishments, as well as urge the authorities to take the pertinent steps. 154.In addition to inspections, the Federal Government undertakes several other initiatives for preventing and combating torture, including the “Plan for Integrated Actions to Prevent and Combat Torture,” and a proposal for the establishment of a National Mechanism for Preventing and Combating Torture, among other SDH/PR and Ministry of Justice initiatives. 155.It should be noted that these policies are in general aligned with the international approach to this issue, although the Federal Government seeks to adapt this approach to the national context. A.Plan of integrated actions for preventing and combating torture in Brazil 156.Since the National Report on Human Rights (1999) and the 2001 report of Sir Nigel Rodley, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, the Brazilian State has coordinated policies on preventing and combating tortures. With the publication of the Second National Report on Human Rights (2002) and other reports and studies on the issue, the State has strengthened its policy with the establishment of the Plan of Integrated Actions for Preventing and Combating Torture in Brazil (PAIPCT) in 2006. 157.The PAIPCT incorporated contributions from civil society and from specialists from different areas, and systematized a set of integrated actions for the justice system, with a view to building an agenda of public policies and coordinated procedures involving the Executive, the Legislative, the Judiciary, and the states and the Federal District. In addition to measures for obtaining a national diagnostic of torture through the monitoring of facilities of deprivation of liberty, the incentive to the action of the State Committees on Combating Torture is also worth noting. 158.As a preventive action of education and awareness-raising about human rights, the PAIPCT encourages the enlightening of the population about the practice of torture. To bring aggressors to account, it encourages the establishment of independent Ombudsman Offices, and specific Judicial Administrative Offices of the Police and the Penitentiary Systems. The PAIPCT calls also for the qualification of health professionals, doctors and psychologist active in the prison system, in recording cases of torture and reporting them to the judiciary authorities. 159.So far, 16 states have adhered to the PAIPCT and 11 states have set up state committees, including Goiás, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro, with equal participation of civil society and government. These state committees allow external control of institutions connected with deprivation of liberty and enhances social participation and transparence of the monitoring process. They focus on monitoring public policies on prevention of torture and offer proposals aimed at their improvement, inspection of the facilities of deprivation of liberty, and the promotion of information and education campaigns. 160.In the state of Goiás, the committee was set up under State Decree no. 7576 of 14 March 2012. It is now at the structuring and members selection stage. 161.In Rio de Janeiro, the committee was established under State Law 5778 of 29 June 2010 at the same time the PAIPCT was