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III.
THE RIGHT TO LIFE ...................................................................................................96
A.
B.
Basic standards ..........................................................................................96
Deaths resulting from prison violence .......................................................97
C.
Deaths resulting from of the lack of prevention and
timely actions of the authorities ..............................................................102
D.
E.
Deaths directly perpetrated by agents of the State.................................107
Suicides ...................................................................................................111
F.
Recommendations ...................................................................................116
IV.
THE RIGHT TO HUMANE TREATMENT...................................................................118
A.
B.
Basic standards ........................................................................................118
The use of torture for purposes of criminal investigation .......................126
C.
Disciplinary measures in prisons..............................................................135
1.
2.
3.
Fundamental aspects........................................................................135
Limits on the exercise of disciplinary measures ...............................138
Solitary confinement.........................................................................141
D.
E.
Searches ...................................................................................................148
Conditions of imprisonment ....................................................................151
1.
Overcrowding ............................................................................156
2.
Accommodation, hygiene and clothing .....................................165
3.
Food and drinking water............................................................168
F.
Transfer and transportation of persons deprived of liberty ....................171
G.
Conditions of imprisonment of death row inmates.................................176
H.
Recommendations ...................................................................................182
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