CAT/C/ARM/CO/4 violence are subject to private prosecution and investigations can only be initiated upon official complaint by the victim and that such complaints are, with few rare exceptions, withdrawn by victims owing to reconciliation with the perpetrator; (b) at the discrepancy in the official number of domestic violence cases compared with information from other sources; (c) at the lack of specific legislation criminalizing domestic violence and of adequate protection measures and support services for victims, including emergency accommodation and medical, social and legal services. It notes in this context that the revised draft law on domestic violence was resubmitted to the Government in September 2016 (arts. 2, 12-14 and 16). 25. The State party should strengthen its efforts to prevent and combat domestic violence, including by adopting without undue delay a law criminalizing domestic violence and ensuring its effective implementation. It should also: (a) Strengthen preventive measures, including raising awareness of the unacceptability and adverse impact of violence against women, and encourage the reporting of such violence; (b) Ensure that law enforcement officers, the judiciary, social workers and medical staff receive appropriate training on how to detect and deal properly with cases of violence against women; (c) Classify acts of violence against women, including domestic violence, as public prosecution cases subject to ex officio investigation and prosecution; (d) Ensure that all cases of domestic violence are promptly and thoroughly investigated, that perpetrators are prosecuted and, if convicted, are punished with effective and dissuasive sanctions and that victims have access to means of protection and redress, including sufficient, safe and adequately funded shelters as well as access to medical, social, legal and other support services. Conditions of detention 26. The Committee welcomes the measures taken by the State party to address overcrowding and improve the conditions of detention in prisons, including the opening of the newly built Armavir prison and the transfer of 17 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment to that prison, and the initiative to amend the Penitentiary Code in order to abolish the legal obligation of segregating prisoners serving life sentences from other prisoners as well as the limitations on family visits. However, it remains concerned at the poor material conditions in some prisons, especially Nubarashen, Vanadzor and YerevanKentron prisons, including the inadequate sanitary conditions, the low quality of nutrition and the extremely limited offer of extra-regime activities, affecting disproportionately prisoners serving life sentences in particular, and the failure to meet the gender-specific needs of female inmates held at Abovyan prison. The Committee is also concerned at reports that inmates rely on personal resources to improve their living conditions, including food, medicine and sanitary products from outside the prison, which leads to unequal conditions of detention. 27. While acknowledging some positive initiatives, such as the memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and the State Medical University and the activities carried out under the project of the European Union/Council of Europe on support to health care and human rights protection in prisons in Armenia, the Committee remains concerned about the access to, and quality of, health care within police and prison establishments, in particular for prisoners serving life sentences, including poor access to psychiatric care and about reports of failure to provide the free health care guaranteed by the State and to allow inmates to benefit from the services of other medical professionals at their own expense, in some cases. It is also concerned about the outdated medical 8