38.A fundamental part of mental health and personal development provided by the state prison system is mental health care through
structured programmes and techniques, including psychological diagnosis and assistance for staff designed to minimize the adverse
impact of living with antisocial people and stressful incidents as a result of operating the prisons.
39.Accordingly, under the Baja California Strategic Prison Plan 2008–2013 it is planned to set up a Personal Research and
Development Institute to work with the Security Academy on training and refreshing the technical, legal, administrative and security
staff of the state Prison System.
40.The objectives of the Institute are:
To promote physical health and emotional wellbeing;
To control emotions and improve emotional intelligence;
To develop responsibility and pro-activity;
To discover emotional weaknesses and develop emotional strengths;
To transform problems and conflicts into learning opportunities;
To improving relationships and communication with others;
To promote self-mastery based on values;
To promote the discovery of a professional vocation, and
To develop skills to grow in the working environment.
41.Professional development in the state Prison System is being pursued through ongoing and progressive training to enhance the
quality and effectiveness of service performance, increase staff promotion and development opportunities, and strengthen their
institutional identity. This training aims to develop, supplement, enhance, update and specialize the knowledge and skills that the staff
of the state prison system need to work effectively.
42.To that end, the Ministry of Public Security of Baja California has conducted the following training courses for staff:
Course name
People trained
Course name
People trained
Conflict management
Stress management
Intelligence in the prison system
Update on oral trials
Interpretation of tattoos
Handling the PR-24 police baton
Close order
Review techniques
Radio communication
Report writing
Physical fitness
379
276
50
125
6
555
648
971
750
230
962
Human rights
Chemical weapons
Legal framework
Prison security
Self defence and reasonable use of force
Prison unrest
Weaponry, arming and disarming
Target practice
Rule of law
Review ing operational orders
110
970
130
550
555
575
971
962
348
985
43.The Ministry of Public Security of Baja California also gave the following courses to the staff of the technical units to keep them
trained, up to date and prepared for the requirements of the service:
Course name
People trained
Quality of service
Eighth staff update forum
9
150
120 officers and legal staff of the Social Rehabilitation Centres in the
ASILEGAL, AC
state, consisting of a workshop on human rights, non-violent conflict
resolution and values in work with a gender perspective.
Certification of the strategic model of social rehabilitation Training for certification of social workers at the Mexicali Social
in the processes of family visits and technical studies with Rehabilitation Centre and technical and legal staff at the El Hongo II
a view to release on parole, for ISO 9001:2008
Social Rehabilitation Centre, for technical studies on release on parole.
Develop and implement a training and awareness component, with content relating to the right to
defence and due process as a means of preventing and protecting against torture and ill-treatment
of accused and convicted persons deprived of their liberty (para. 58)
Compliance measures
44.The Federal Ministry of Public Security conducted the National Programme for the Promotion of Human Rights, under which
specific measures were undertaken in coordination and cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner in