medical form from a delegate in order to be examined at t Forensic Medical Institute. The fact that the Forensic Medical Institute remains under the same governmental authority as the police, doubts as to the reliability of their findings will persist. Brazil suffer from a lack of basic resources and are not sufficiently independent from the police (A/HRC/11/2/Add.2, para. 54). The forensic medical services should be under judicial or another independent authority. The police should not have a monopoly of expert forensic evidence for judicial purposes. (v) The forensic medical service, under the authority of the police, does not have the independence to inspire confidence in its findings. Non-governmental sources: Some efforts have been made to separate the forensic medical centres from close ties to the police, removing them from the control of the civil police. However, no state boasts a forensic medical centre which is fully independent of the state secretariat of public security. Resources continue to be limited and forensic medical centres continue to lack proper training and preparation for dealing with possible torture cases. Forms for registering autopsies continue to be extremely limiting, hindering the possibility of proper identification of torture cases. The overcrowding needs to be brought to an immediate end, if necessary by executive action. The law requiring separation of Non-governmental sources: There continues to be a lack of access to independent and effective medical attention for detainees, be it in possible torture cases or for general medical treatment for detainees. There are also reports that detainees are not being transferred to medical facilities due to lack of available staff to transfer them. The national prison population has risen sharply over the last decade, and the incarceration rate has more than doubled. The dramatic rise - caused by the slowness of the judicial system, poor monitoring of A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 22 professional should be available to examine every person brought to and leaving a place of detention; they should have the necessary medicines to meet the detainees’ medical needs; and the authority to have detainees transferred to a hospital. Access to the medical profession should not be dependent on the personnel of the detaining authority. Professionals working in places of deprivation of liberty should be under an independent authority. (u)