Improve physical conditions in prisons (para. 198)
Compliance measures
368.The Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre for Men in the Federal District has a programme for monitoring and coordinating
compliance with hygiene and health regulations. It also oversees the adequate and equitable provision of food.
369.For its part, the Inspectorate-General of the South Zone Prison, medical supervision and care is organized as a 24-hour service,
though it should be noted that care needs are growing as the prison population increases.
370.The state of Jalisco has carried out the following principal measures: at the Inspectorate-General of Ciudad Guzman prison, a
wastewater treatment plant was built. The new treatment plant saves water by treating the wastewater for re-use in irrigation of green
areas, thereby also reducing the electricity consumption of the equipment that pumps drinking water to the facility. The InspectorateGeneral of the Navarro Autlán Comprehensive Regional Justice Centre has installed a water treatment plant to supply drinking water
to the prison population, while the Inspectorate-General of the Ameca Comprehensive Regional Justice Centre upgraded and
activated the water treatment plant to supply drinking water to the prison population, and the Inspectorate-General of the Chapala
Regional Justice Centre piped treated water from the treatment plant to a natural stream, so as to prevent the soil in the private
property adjacent to the facility becoming muddy and causing waste odours that would otherwise affect the production of the land.
The Puente Grande prison complex carries out regular preventive/corrective maintenance on deep wells numbers 2, 4 and 8 in order
to maintain the quality of the water supplied to the three facilities in the complex, namely the Women's Rehabilitation Centre, the
Guadalajara Pretrial Detention Centre and the Social Rehabilitation Centre.
371.Also in the women's rehabilitation centre, 79 additional bunk beds were installed, thereby increasing the capacity of this facility
from 259 to 334 and increasing the number of individual beds for inmates.
372.Note that by 2011 the government of the state of Mexico plans to complete the construction of the prisons located in the
municipalities of Tenango del Valle and Tenancingo, which will substantially reduce the problem of overcrowding in the state.
373.Also during 2011 the authorities of the state of Mexico will open two detention centres in the municipality of Nezahualcoyotl,
specifically the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre and the Women's Prison.
374.Based on the priorities for the maintenance of prisons, the infrastructure department of the Department for the Enforcement of
Sanctions and Punitive Measures of Oaxaca state has requested approval for its budget.
Manage the assignment of cells and beds so as to ensure that each prisoner has a decent place to
sleep without having to pay for it (para. 200)
Compliance measures
375.In this context, the Ministry of Public Security prepared the aforementioned Prison Strategy 2008–2012, which is the policy
document for the modernization of the country's prison system; it focuses on addressing the problems of overpopulation, improving
security in detention facilities, fighting corruption and promoting the New Model Prison.
376.This model is structured around the five components of social reintegration: work, job training, education, health and sport.
377.The strategy embodies short- and medium-term measures to overcome the crisis in the prison system, including modernization
and renovation of the maximum-security federal social rehabilitation centres, upgrading the federal infrastructure by expanding prison
capacity, making optimal use of national correctional facilities and reducing the population of inmates awaiting trial.
378.In the various prisons of the Federal District, the assignment of cells and beds was checked to ensure that every prisoner had a
decent place to sleep without having to pay for it.
379.The state of Jalisco is currently taking the necessary steps to expand the number of beds per cell to 10 or 12 (there are currently
about four beds per cell) to meet the demand of the existing population and to ensure that the prison population has decent living
conditions. Beds were provided for approximately 2,000 inmates, whereas the population currently exceeds 5,500.
380.It also is replacing the current furniture with "anti-vandal" types (beds, sinks, toilets, showers, light fixtures, doors and windows),
to ensure that inmates do not use it to harm themselves, attack other inmates or as weapons in a riot against the operational staff, and
ensure that it is used properly and is durable.
381.Note that efforts to have sufficient financial resources authorized to allow for the addition of 10 more beds per cell, under the
scheme for decent living conditions and anti-vandal furniture, depend on the approval of the budget, which is subject to the decision
of the State Congress.
382.In the state of Oaxaca, inmates entering prisons are assigned to cells and cell blocks by prison governors and security chiefs.
They keep track of this in writing.
Take steps to strengthen the juvenile detention centre in Oaxaca in order to ensure that it can
serve as a model for other places of detention for minors (para. 243)
Compliance measures
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