CAT/C/SAU/CO/2 September 2013 and that they physically assaulted a foreign national and his wife, a Saudi Arabian citizen, in 2014 (arts. 2, 12-13 and 16). 29. In the light of the reform of the Commission, the State party should: (a) Provide the Committee with the text of the new statute governing the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice and effectively ensure that the Commission is subject to an ordinary judicial authority; (b) Ensure the timely implementation of the new statute governing the Commission in accordance with the Convention; (c) Ensure that legal provisions restricting the power of the Commission to stop and detain members of the public are strictly enforced and that officers who overstep their authority are held to account, particularly in cases where they are alleged to have engaged in conduct amounting to torture or ill-treatment; (d) Provide detailed information on the number of Commission members who have been disciplined or prosecuted for violations of the Convention and the outcome of such measures. Conditions of detention 30. While appreciating the description by the State party’s delegation of detention conditions and the separation of convicted and other categories of prisoners and welcoming the draft law aimed at addressing overcrowding through the use of alternatives to imprisonment, the Committee is concerned that overcrowding and poor conditions of detention persist in some places of detention. While appreciating the assurances of the head of the delegation that all prisoners can worship according to their religious beliefs, the Committee is also concerned at reports that only certain prisoners, primarily Sunni Muslims, are able to do so, in practice, and that, in law, this right is accorded solely to Muslim detainees. The Committee is further concerned at reports that the majority of the persons deprived of their liberty are being held in pretrial detention (arts. 11 and 16). 31. The State party should: (a) Continue its efforts to alleviate overcrowding in detention facilities, including through the application of alternative measures to imprisonment and the increase in budgetary allocations to develop and renovate the infrastructure of prisons and other detention facilities; (b) Take effective measures to improve sanitation, quality of food and the health services and facilities available to all detainees; (c) Ensure the application of fair and humane conditions of detention in line with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) and guarantee the principle of non-discrimination in according all required rights, including the practice of one’s religion, to all persons in detention. Visits to places of detention 32. While taking note of the visits reportedly carried out by the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution, the National Society for Human Rights, the Human Rights Commission (see CAT/C/SAU/2, annexes 1, 4 and 6) and various diplomatic delegations to places of detention, the Committee is concerned about: (a) The absence of an independent institution to undertake regular and unannounced visits to all places of detention; 7