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prisons. Physicians should be obliged to take part in specialized courses
that include a module on human rights policy in general and, in
particular, on the obligations of health personnel in detention facilities.
262.
With regard to the personnel working in places of deprivation of liberty,
the IACHR makes the following recommendations:
1.
Organize specialized educational and training programs for all personnel
responsible for administration, supervision, operation, and security in
prisons and other detention centers. They should include instruction
regarding international human rights standards relating to maintenance
of security, proportional use of force, and the humane treatment of
persons deprived of their liberty.
2.
Pay special attention to the process of selecting or promoting possible
members of the security forces responsible for persons deprived of their
liberty. Review and structure educational and training programs for
members of such security units in order to forge an institutional culture
of knowledge of and respect for human rights provisions.
3.
Take the necessary steps to establish penitentiary schools for training a
civilian body to work in prisons and to establish a prison service career as
a way of guaranteeing the stability and professional advancement of
prison personnel.
4.
Furnish the means and resources needed for officials in charge of
detainees to perform their functions. Pay them in accordance with the
nature of those functions and with what is enough for them and their
families to meet their needs in a decent manner, without having to resort
to irregular practices. Likewise, ensure a decent salary and working
conditions for the doctors, psychologists, social workers, and other
professionals working in places of deprivation of liberty.
5.
Inform all personnel responsible for persons deprived of their liberty,
clearly, categorically, and on a regular basis, of the absolute and
imperative ban on any kind of torture or ill‐treatment; and include that
prohibition in any rules and general instructions published in connection
with the duties and functions of police personnel.
6.
Train and properly instruct the authorities in charge of detention centers
regarding the execution of rulings and decisions handed down by the
corresponding judicial authorities, especially decisions taken by courts in
amparo and habeas corpus proceedings.
7.
Adopt such training and supervisory measures as are needed to ensure
that the authorities empowered to carry out arrests or detentions abide
by the corresponding procedures laid down in the law. It is particularly
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