CAT/OP/BOL/3/Add.1 National Directorate of Prison Security, steps were duly taken to issue equipment to prison security staff in 2016 and the first half of 2017. Furniture and equipment were supplied to police officers responsible for internal and external prison security in every department in the country, in individual prisons and directly to the National Directorate of Prison Security (see annex 22). 60. Moreover, the budget allocated to the Directorate-General of Prisons will be progressively increased, on condition that the revenue collected by the National Treasury also increases as expected. 61. In line with the recommendation made by the Subcommittee, the National Directorate of Prison Security has asked the National Police Command to allocate more staff to meet prison needs. The National Police Command has arranged for the number of police officers to be increased in order to ensure the security of prisons (see annex 23-A). 62. Therefore, the working conditions of the police officers responsible for prison security and prison record-keeping have improved and there are plans to further increase investment in this area. 63. It should be noted that salaries are not low in relation to the country’s standard of living, as was demonstrated to the members of the Subcommittee. For information, the explanation put forward at the meeting with the Subcommittee in Bolivia is attached (see annex 23-B). VII. Observations made in paragraph 55 of part IV Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Subcommittee in 2010 64. With regard to the observations made in paragraphs 55 and 56, the Subcommittee urges the State party there to implement its previous recommendations. 65. The persons responsible for medical and psychological assistance, under the Directorate-General of Prisons and the Ministry of Health, constantly carry out checks, reviews, campaigns and workshops on health issues in all prisons at the national level (see annex 24-A). 66. With regard to access to a lawyer, the Directorate-General of Prisons, in coordination with the legal departments of the departmental directorates, attends to the needs of persons deprived of their liberty, by coordinating access to lawyers employed by the Plurinational Public Defender Service (annex 24-B). 67. With regard to notifying a trusted person, when the units that provide professional assistance register the details of inmates, they inform the persons deprived of their liberty of all their rights, including the unrestricted right to obtain access to a private lawyer or to the legal department of the Departmental Directorate of Prisons to request assistance to undertake the necessary and/or urgent procedural acts and to coordinate with the Plurinational Public Defender Service. Notices giving specific information on the rights of persons deprived of their liberty and the obligations of their visitors are displayed visibly both inside and outside the prisons (see annex 25). 68. In order to ensure effective compliance with the above obligations, a revised and detailed handbook of procedures regulating compliance with the obligations in detail will be drawn up and training will be offered in the effective application of the procedures. Regulations governing the reception and resolution of complaints and grievances will also be issued. VIII. Observations made in paragraphs 57 to 61 of section IV Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Subcommittee in 2010 69. With regard to the need for an adequate record-keeping system, including up-to-date records of inmates, information on judges and prosecutors, exact dates of arrest, full GE.18-12244 13