122 without a final conviction. One of these measures should be the sufficient allocation of financial resources. 6. Strengthen and reinforce the skills and expertise of the authorities charged with investigating criminal acts so as to expedite the processes and shorten the time that the suspect spends in pretrial detention. 7. Ensure that there are sufficient judicial authorities to review the legality of a pretrial detention. 8. Adopt comprehensive public policies regarding the management of prison facilities. These policies should factor in the four elements cited in the conclusions of this report: continuity, a proper legal framework, an adequate budget and institutional integration. The core of these public policies should include, as a core element, the design and effective implementation of a model of criminal policy oriented by the norms of international human rights law; based on technical information, assessments and scientific data; and geared towards stabilizing and reducing the growth of the prison population. These public policies should also take into account the rights of the victims of violence and crime. 9. The following lines of action are recommended as concrete strategies to reduce prison overcrowding: (a) ensure that the criminal process and related programs are addressed through an integrated, sustained approach that encompasses the entire system; (b) ensure that criminal cases are processed within a reasonable period; (c) opt for a criminal policy design that safeguards fundamental rights; (d) take concrete steps to guarantee that pretrial detention is an exceptional and reasonable measure; e) increase the use of alternatives to detention and imprisonment, using imprisonment only as a measure of last resort while observing the principle of proportionality; (f) improve access to justice and public defense mechanisms; (g) strengthen the applications of available mechanisms for early release prior to completion of the sentence; (h) strengthen measures to prevent recidivism, such as the productive activities (education and labor); (i) guarantee the principle of humane treatment of persons deprived of liberty and applicable international standards; (j) increase prison capacity only if it is absolutely necessary; (k) establish efficient management systems and judicial and prison data analysis systems; and (l) implement training programs for judicial and law enforcement authorities on the exceptional use of pretrial detention. 10. Establish by law that the competent authority shall have the duty to determine the maximum capacity of each place of deprivation of liberty according to the relevant standards. The assessment of that