CAT/OP/BRA/2/Add.1 country’s judicial districts. There are community councils in every state, but in the southern states the number of councils per judicial district is higher. State Community councils Acre 15 Alagoas 1 Amazonas 2 Amapá 1 Bahia 40 Ceará 89 Distrito Federal Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Minas Gerais 5 3 73 7 166 Mato Grosso do Sul 56 Mato Grosso 63 Pará 6 Paraíba 1 Paraná 82 Pernambuco 27 Piauí 7 Rio de Janeiro 1 Rio Grande do Norte 6 Rio Grande do Sul 81 Rondônia 19 Roraima 2 Santa Catarina Sergipe 52 1 São Paulo 224 Tocantins 16 Total 1 046 98. Based on the principle that there should be a community council in each judicial district, the Federal Government, together with the judicial oversight boards and the Department of Prosecution, pursues a policy of creating and strengthening councils, and these receive guidance and educational materials, as well as training on a special course developed by the Government. 99. The representatives of the community councils visit the prisons in their judicial districts at least once a month, interview inmates and officials, may request documents for their inquiries, deal with the administration and produce reports that are sent to various bodies, as needed. In addition to the provisions of the Sentence Enforcement Act, there are resolutions of the National Council on Criminal and Penitentiary Policy regulating 24 GE.14-42059