CAT/OP/ARG/1/Add.1 89. The Advisory Committee on Prison Policies for Young Adults was created by National Directorate Decision No. 1172/2011 and, together with the Directorate, was made responsible for designing, implementing, monitoring and following up policies and actions aimed specifically at young male adults in prisons. 90. Through the Department of Corrections (Health Directorate), a framework suicide prevention programme has been set up for persons deprived of their liberty in the Federal Prison Service. 91. Within the Under-Secretariat for Prison Management, which reports to the Secretariat for Justice, the “Internal Affairs of the Federal Prison Service” programme was implemented through Ministry of Justice and Human Rights Decision No. 2737 dated 30 November 2012. The programme takes cognizance of all inquiries and administrative proceedings with grave institutional implications resulting from extremely serious or serious offences or suspected torture or other inhuman, cruel or degrading treatment and/or crimes covered by the provisions of articles 143, 144, 144 bis, 144 ter, 144 quater and 144 quinquies of the Criminal Code. Consequently, all members of the Federal Prison Service staff are subject to monitoring by the programme in the performance of their duties and are required to file reports and offer their full cooperation. 92. In terms of training, the human rights training course for Federal Prison Service staff focused specifically on torture and inhuman, cruel or degrading treatment. It was designed by the Under-Secretariat for the Promotion of Human Rights of the National Human Rights Secretariat and implemented by the Under-Secretariat together with the National Directorate of the Federal Prison Service. The training course’s aim was to raise awareness among prison staff of the processes that cause and give rise to these aberrant acts that violate the dignity of persons deprived of their liberty, and of the State’s obligations in that regard. It also attempted to give prison staff tools for preventing torture and inhuman, cruel or degrading treatment in their work environments. 93. Additionally, with the aim of promoting practices that are more respectful of human rights within the Federal Prison Service, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, in Decision No. 1243 dated 12 July 2012, created the Gender Office, principally to promote and protect the rights of Federal Prison Service staff, particularly female staff, and to analyse and evaluate situations related to the employment and professional development of women and men in the Federal Prison Service, so as to encourage and guarantee equality of access, careers and promotions and the elimination of discrimination and gender-based violence in the prison system. 94. Among other tasks, the Gender Office receives and processes enquiries and complaints regarding discrimination, workplace violence, institutional violence and genderbased violence occurring within the Federal Prison Service and affecting its staff, both women and men. 95. The State has demonstrated its strong commitment to the gender policies promoted by the National Executive that aim to prevent and reduce violence against women in all circumstances involving interpersonal relationships. National Directorate Decision No. 177 dated 21 February 2013 (Official Gazette No. 490) concerning firearms in cases of reported violence provides that when a complaint is lodged of domestic violence, battery and/or misuse of firearms by Federal Prison Service officials, and in the light of the measures provided for in Acts Nos. 26485 and 24417, the necessary actions to safeguard the physical, psychological and moral safety of the complainant must be carried out without delay, by limiting and/or restricting the right of the officials to possess, carry and transport any weapons and ammunition issued to them. GE.14-40297 17