Recommendation (A/HRC/16/52/Add.3) Situation during the visit (A/HRC/16/52/Add.3) Information received in the reporting period develop a comprehensive National Small Arms Policy which will seek to (a) implement legal and administrative controls to restrict the availability and misuse of firearms, ammunition and explosives and to ensure that they are properly and safely secured; and (b) develop programmes and policies that will address supply, possession and use of illicit firearms at the community level. As part of the National Programme for the Eradication of Poverty (NPEP), the Government addresses the needs of poor households under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). The PATH is a conditional cash transfer programme which was implemented in 2001 to assist poor households in rural and urban areas in breaking the inter-generational cycle of poverty. While the main beneficiaries of the Programme are children, it also benefits the elderly, persons with disabilities, pregnant and lactating women, and a small number of indigent adults of working age. Non-governmental sources: It is reported that in 2010, the Government introduced six crime bills40 to address the current situation of violence in Jamaica. However, instead of focusing on preventative measures, the Anti-Crime Acts focus on crimes that have already been committed and seem intent on correcting perceived or existing flaws in the operations of the police, the courts, and the correctional services. Reportedly, despite many promises very little has been done to concretely break the links of criminal gangs to political parties, to tackle corruption, and poverty. There appears to have been some success in curbing the trade in firearms linked to the smashing of a distribution network emanating in the Police Armoury. 41 40 The conditions at remand and correctional Government: While the Government aims 137 The six crime bills are in relation to: (1) the Bail Act; (2) the Firearms Act; (3) the Offences Against the Person Act; (4) the Parole Act; (5) the Plea Negotiations and Agreements Act; (6) the Constabulary Force (Interim Provisions for Arrest and Detention) Act. 41 Jamaica Observer. (11 March 2011). Police Armoury Reopens. Available via http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Police-armoury-reopens_8506026 to meet A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 Conditions of detention (l) Ensure that persons deprived of