amended to ensure that the automatic recourse to pre-trial detention, which is the current de facto general practice, be authorized by a judge strictly only as a measure of last resort, and the use of non-custodial measures, such as bail and recognizance, are increased for nonviolent, minor or less serious offences There were no developments in this regard. (t) Due to extremely harsh prison conditions and routine practice of torture, the Al-Jafr Correction and Rehabilitation Centre be closed without delay Detainees are routinely beaten and subjected to corporal punishment amounting to torture. The isolation and harshness of the desert environment compounds the already severe conditions of the prisoners. The Government closed Al-Jafr Prison in December 2006. (u) Females not sentenced for a crime but detained under the Crime Prevention Law for being at risk of becoming victims of honour crimes be housed in specific victim shelters where they are at liberty but still enjoy safe conditions No allegations of ill-treatment were received in the Juweidah (Female) Correction and Rehabilitation Centre. A victims’ centre became operational in 2007, however, not all women in protective custody have been moved to the centre. Furthermore, the centre seeks reconciliation and does not have a mandate to protect the women at risk. There is a policy of holding females in “protective” detention, under the provisions of the 1954 Crime Prevention Law, because they are at risk of becoming victims of honour crimes. Non-governmental sources: There were no developments in this regard. Women and girls are still placed in protective custody. Disproportionally lenient sentences are imposed on perpetrators of honour crimes. Those at risk of becoming victims of “honour crimes” continue to be detained in Jweideh prison. The Crime Prevention Law is still in use in relation to the arrest of women. None of the directors of prisons, pretrial or police detention centres had allegedly been aware of any allegations of torture. Initiatives within the PSD include: distribution of CAT to law enforcement personnel and encouragement of senior officers to bring it to the attention of their subordinates; and the inclusion of CAT in all basic Non-governmental sources: The NCHR has carried out a number of lectures and training courses for law enforcement personnel. 93 A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 (v) Security personnel shall undergo extensive and thorough training using a curriculum that incorporates human rights education throughout and that includes training in effective interrogation techniques and the proper use of policing equipment, and that