CAT/C/TGO/CO/2 in detention at any stage of proceedings, as recommended in one of the 13 measures to be implemented following the publication of the report of the National Human Rights Commission; (d) The conditions, described by the State party itself as appalling, in the custody facilities of police stations and gendarmeries, where many detainees are kept for long periods with no legal justification; (e) The high and increasing number of deaths in detention, in particular as a result of a lack of food and hygiene, as well as violence among prisoners (arts. 2, 11 and 16). The State party should: (a) Redouble efforts and increase funding to bring living conditions in all prisons into line with international standards and the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners; (b) Implement the declaration made by the representatives of Togo to the Committee at its forty-ninth session to the effect that all pending cases will be tried in January 2013 to reduce prison overcrowding by 50 per cent; (c) In order to ease overcrowding in places of detention, adopt a precise timetable for the construction of new prisons, including in Lomé and Kpalimé, and for the renovation of existing prisons and facilities, as well as increasing the number of prison officers in all such establishments; and ensure that the size of cells is in line with international standards; (d) Increase funding for basic services, including access to drinking water, at least two meals a day, hygienic conditions and basic necessities, and ensure that there is sufficient natural and artificial light and ventilation in cells; provide medical and psychosocial care for prisoners with a view to preventing deaths in detention; (e) Evacuate Captain Lambert Adjinon, and anyone else with similar health problems, to another country for the necessary medical treatment; (f) Take urgent measures to improve conditions in custody facilities in police stations and gendarmeries, in accordance with international standards; (g) Carry out investigations into deaths in detention and their causes, and provide the Committee with statistical data and information on the preventive measures taken by the prison authorities in the next periodic report; and take measures to reduce violence among prisoners; (h) Establish a central register on all detainees in the country, indicating whether they are remand prisoners or sentenced prisoners, their crime, the date on which they were taken into detention, the place where they are being held, and their age and sex; (i) Ensure that the National Human Rights Commission and human rights organizations have free access to all places of detention, in particular for unannounced visits and private interviews with detainees. National Human Rights Commission and designation of a national preventive mechanism 14. The Committee notes with concern that the budget of the National Human Rights Commission has reportedly decreased by 20 per cent since 2008, preventing it from fully carrying out its functions. While noting the information that the National Intelligence Agency can no longer take in any more people, the Committee is concerned that inspections 6 GE.12-48668