383.Since it is the responsibility of government and society to remain alert to prevent harm to young people,on 26 January 2011 a public signing took place of the cooperation agreement between the Youth Integration Centres in the state of Oaxaca and the Ministry of Public Security, with the aim of creatingthe conditions to monitor the respect of rights of juvenile offenders and preventingadolescents from becoming involved in addiction networks. 384.The authorities involved in promoting the measures under the agreement are: the Office for the Defence of Minors, Women and the Family, youth integration centres, the Department for the Enforcement of Sanctions and Punitive Measures of the state of Oaxaca and the Ministry of Public Security. Ensure the application of an affirmative action approach in penitentiary institutions in order to enable indigenous persons deprived of their liberty to maintain their customs and practices to the greatest possible extent (para. 260) Compliance measures 385.The Executive Office of Prevention and Social Rehabilitation of the Federal District signed a cooperation agreement with the Department of Equity for Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Communities of the Ministry of Rural Development and Equity of Communities of the Federal District, for the coordination of joint work to promote educational, cultural and job training activities, the implementation of productive projects that foster social integration and legal incomes for indigenous communities, while providing the necessary translators for anyone needing them. 386.Moreover, as part of the annual work plan of the Department for the Enforcement of Sanctions and Punitive Measures, the state of Oaxaca is considering special care for inmates from the social work unit, to enable them to develop healthily inside detention centres. In order not to compound the effect of indigenous persons being uprooted from their ancestral lands and separated from their families, who have limited means for visiting them, ensure that they are assigned or reassigned to the prison facility closest to their native communities (para. 260) Compliance measures 387.In order not to compound the effect of being uprooted from their ancestral lands and separated from their families, who have limited means for visiting them, the Executive Legal and Human Rights Department of the Federal District is transferring detainees from the various indigenous peoples to prisons closer to their native communities. 388.In that connection, the prisons of the Federal District are distributing a form called "Survey—transfer application for the indigenous population," to all inmates of indigenous extraction, and the full content of the form is explained to them orally; they sign it with the print of their right thumb for acceptance or refusal. 389.Meanwhile the state of Oaxaca has taken care that the inmates in closed prisons are relocated to the regional facility closest to their native area. Take effective measures to ensure that indigenous peoples can understand and be understood in political, legal and administrative proceedings, where necessary through the provision of interpretation or by other appropriate means (para. 259) Compliance measures 390.Decision A/010/2003 of the Attorney-General for the Federal District lays down guidelines for the actions of public prosecutors who are conducting a preliminary investigation, in which a person is being detained or is involved who belongs to an indigenous people or community. 391.Likewise, decision A/008/2007 set up an agency of the Prosecution Service specializing in handling indigenous persons. 392.Meanwhile, decision A/016/08 mandates the office for the supervision and coordination of preliminary investigations for Zona Poniente to coordinate specialist care agencies. 393.Moreover, the Office of the Ombudsman of the government of the state of Mexico has expert translators who help people of indigenous origin with their proceedings. 394.The state’s Department for Prevention and Social Rehabilitation has a number of cooperation agreements with the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples and the State Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, which provide free legal advice and support to detainees of indigenous origin. 395.In the state of Oaxaca, bilingual prison staff or inmates provide translation services to inmates. Remedy the inhumane and degrading physical conditions in which patients live in the Zimatlán Prison Annex (para. 205) Compliance measures