CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.2 (a) Infrastructure 87. In order to have an adequate infrastructure to accommodate enforcement judges, two proposals were submitted to the Federal District government through the Office of the Chief Justice of the High Court: (1) refurbishment of prisons and (2) construction of new buildings: Refurbishment of premises • It was proposed that adequate physical space be created at each place of detention (northern, southern and eastern prisons, Santa Martha centre and community facility for female and male youth in conflict with the law) to enable the new enforcement judge and administrative support staff to effectively and efficiently carry out their duties of overseeing and monitoring the due execution of sentences imposed, thus avoiding transfers of inmates; • The aim is to refurbish the penal enforcement facilities at these places of detention taking into consideration the formal aspects of the new reforms (identity, projection, security and technological development). These premises are the property of the Federal District government; • The estimated total cost of the project is 43.3 million pesos; • The amount requested from SETEC is 3,746,000 pesos; • The amount granted is 1,466,000 pesos; Construction of new buildings • This proposal relates to the construction of new buildings at each of the places of detention referred to in the preceding subsection, with an accusatorial model and a judicial administration system, taking into consideration the investment in actual constructional work, including related security requirements, as well as the new adversarial system of criminal justice; • The estimated amount for infrastructure is 695.0 million pesos. (b) Institutional restructuring (planning) 88. On the basis of an analysis of staffing for the Division of the Prison Service and an analysis of cases dealt with by enforcement panels at the lower criminal courts and juvenile courts, a proposal was submitted concerning the number of enforcement judges required in the Federal District. 89. Occupational profiles for the sentence enforcement courts which would be located at each of the prisons and at the juvenile detention centre have also been presented. Organizational and procedural manuals have been prepared to serve as a basic tool for designing, developing and implementing automated systems for the administrative work of the new courts. 90. Steps have been taken with a view to establishing the structure of the comprehensive support unit described in the Federal District Act on the Enforcement of Criminal Penalties and Social Rehabilitation published in the Official Gazette of the Federal District on 17 June of the current year, and operating guidelines for the comprehensive support unit have been prepared on the basis of the Act. (c) Training 91. One of the most important aspects involved in instituting the role of enforcement judge is the training of justice personnel, which has been undertaken despite the absence of 34 GE.13-41196 (EXT)

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