CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.2 285. Two medical consultation rooms have been installed for the provision of appropriate treatment for victims and persons charged. These areas are available for use by the central investigation departments located in the headquarters building of the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federal District. 286. In 2011 a comprehensive system for visitor access control at places of detention in the Federal District was put into operation using electronic index files compiled on visits to inmates in the northern, eastern and southern remand prisons for men, given that 70 per cent of visits take place at these facilities. 287. The initial stage of the process involved notification and familiarization of visitors’ relatives and the recording of data in the electronic files, thereby making it possible to expedite visitors’ admission and prevent arbitrary granting of visits since entry is permitted only by fingerprint identification, thus creating a speedier and more transparent procedure. 288. The table below shows other activities carried out at places of detention in the Federal District. Place of detention Restoration work Northern remand prison for men • Expansion of capacity (228 metal beds have been installed in the refectory areas of cell blocks 3 and 5) • Renovation of lighting in the tunnels leading to the courtrooms • Desilting of the main sump and sanitary pipework for the general kitchen area • Renovation of steam-generating boilers • Repair of the hydropneumatic system for pumping drinking water to the cell blocks • Renovation of lighting in the tunnels leading to the courtrooms • Preventive maintenance on three electrical substations • Expansion of capacity (metal beds have been installed in the refectory areas of cell blocks 4 and 5) • Fitting out of the area for the location of a new coldstorage room • Preventive and corrective repairs to food delivery trolleys • Expansion of capacity (288 metal beds have been installed in the refectory areas of cell blocks 4, 7 and 8) • Fitting out of washrooms in cell blocks 4, 7 and 8 • Refurbishment and fitting out of rooms 7 to 13 in zone 3 of the entrance building • Repair of the water supply to sanitary installations for inmates on overnight stays from other prisons for the requirements of oral proceedings Eastern remand prison for men Southern remand prison for men GE.13-41196 (EXT) 79

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