CAT/C/VEN/CO/3-4 to the appointment of temporary judges and ensure the security of tenure and independence of current temporary judges. Gender-based violence 17. The Committee is concerned that, despite a steady increase in the number of cases of violence against women, in particular femicide, and the large number of complaints, the percentage of cases in which charges are brought by the Public Prosecution Service is low and the application of protection measures insufficient. The Committee is also concerned about the small number of shelters and the lack of information on the provision of assistance and full redress to victims (arts. 2, 12, 13, 14 and 16). The Committee urges the State party to: (a) Ensure that all acts of violence against women are investigated promptly, effectively and impartially, and that the perpetrators are tried and punished in accordance with the gravity of their acts; (b) Strengthen the special courts dealing with violence against women and establish them in all states in the country; (c) Ensure that victims have prompt access to protection measures, free legal aid and appropriate redress and to shelters, which should be available in all states in the country; (d) Incorporate the crime of femicide into the law and ensure its full and effective enforcement, providing the necessary resources and adopting regulations and a national plan for its implementation; (e) Strengthen efforts to raise awareness and provide education about gender-based violence for public officials who work directly with victims and for the general public. Conditions of detention 18. The Committee takes note of the information submitted by the State after the dialogue, indicating that the prison population currently stands at 50,721 and that there is therefore no prison overcrowding as the capacity of the country’s prisons is 51,127. The Committee notes with concern the significant discrepancy between these figures and those provided in other reports, which indicate that the overcrowding rate in the prison system during the first half of 2014 was 190 per cent. The Committee is also concerned about the high proportion of detainees awaiting trial (65.71 per cent) and finds it regrettable that it has not received the official data that it requested on the number of persons detained in police jails, of whom, according to reports received, there are more than 13,000. The Committee is also concerned about the discrepancy between reports of shortcomings in medical care, water and food supply and sanitation and ventilation in cells and official information, which indicates that conditions are satisfactory. The Committee also notes with concern reports, denied by the State party, that opposition politicians Leopoldo López, Enzo Scarano, Daniel Ceballos and Salvatore Lucchese were kept in solitary confinement for months and that Enzo Scarano was beaten (arts. 2, 11 and 16). The Committee calls upon the State to publish official data, disaggregated by place of custody, on the capacity of detention facilities, including police jails, in relation to the size of the prison population. The Committee also urges the State to permit without delay a visit by the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and to allow non-governmental organizations access to all places of deprivation of liberty, so that they can verify the progress reported by the State. The State should also: 8 GE.14-24172