A/HRC/7/3/Add.2 page 104 this law and Presidential Decree on “Questions relating to the investigation committee under the prosecutor’s office” of 2 August 2007, an “Investigation Committee” with subcommittees in the Federation Subjects and further units at the district level under the prosecutor’s Office are being established, including a military investigation committee and sub-committees. 544. Recommendation (f) stated: To the extent that more extensive use of release on bail or recognizance will not eliminate the overcrowding problem, there should be a crash programme to build new remand centres with sufficient accommodation for the anticipated population. 545. Recommendation (g) stated: Existing institutions should be refurbished so that all institutions meet basic standards of humanity and respect for human dignity. 546. Recommendation (h) stated: Provision should be made for sufficient food of palatable quality to be available to those whom the State deprives of the means to fend for themselves. 547. The Government informed that the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) is in the process of improving the rule of law in penitentiary institutions and bringing conditions of detention of pre-trial and post-trial detainees in line with national and international standards in accordance with the federal programme on “Development of the penitentiary system (2007-2016)” approved by Government Decree No. 540 of 5 September 2006. The programme foresees the construction of seven new investigation isolators between 2007 and 2009, and, starting from 2010, the improvement of conditions in 97 investigation isolators and construction of new ones, which will be in full compliance with international standards in 24 Subjects of the Federation. The anticipated budget needed to accomplish these measures is Rubles (RUB) 42.3 billion (about US$ 1.7bn). Whereas the sanitary norm is 4 m2, in 2007 the space per person constituted 3.7 m2, whereas in 2006, it was 3.5 m2. 548. With a view to fulfilling the obligations the Russian Federation has undertaken when joining the Council of Europe in terms of humanizing its penitentiary system and ensuring respect for human rights, overall the budget of the FSIN almost doubled over the last three years. Almost in all investigation isolators renovation is ongoing. In 2006, RUB 503.5 million (RUB 62.3 million more than in 2005) were spent for this purpose. 549. In order to enable convicts to serve their sentence close to their place of residence (article 73 of the Penitentiary Code), three new correctional facilities with a capacity of 920 inmates were opened and 24 were transformed, with a capacity of more than 20,000. Federal Law No. 10-FZ, amending the Law on “Institutions and organs implementing deprivation of liberty as criminal punishment,” abolished the prohibition for pre-trial detainees in punishment cells to access books, journals, newspapers and other literature.