CAT/OP/BOL/3/Add.1 identification details of prisoners, fingerprints, amounts of time remaining to be served, and the dissemination of information, the Directorate-General of Prisons has entered into an inter-institutional cooperation agreement to implement the prison information system, with the aim of developing a computerized prison information system that will store up-to-date data within a framework of respect for human rights (annex 26). 70. Such a computerized system is the most suitable for prison operations because, in addition to storing information concerning prisoners and the legal status of criminal proceedings, it contains folders holding social, family-related, psychological and workrelated information on prisoners, which will ensure that they are dealt with comprehensively. 71. The establishment of the computerized system of records will take place in three stages: 1. Pilot trial at the Women’s Orientation Centre in Obrajes and the Qalauma Rehabiliation Centre for Young Offenders, with the development of legal filiation and permanent release modules. 2. Development of the remaining modules in accordance with the model in Qalauma and the launch of the computerized system of records in three departments (La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz). 3. Extension of the computerized system nationwide. 72. The implementation of this Bolivian prison information system (SIPENBOL) has currently reached stage 1, which involves registration, testing and validation, implementing the network and server infrastructure in operation and taking the appropriate steps to safeguard access to, and the security of, the system following the configuration of the servers in the Obrajes and San Pedro prisons. Connection tests carried out at the Obrajes facility were satisfactory and demonstrate that the virtual private network is working. Following the introduction of modifications to the system by the TUTATOR foundation, a modified version of the computerized Bolivian prison information system (SIPENBOL) has been installed on the server of the Directorate-General of Prisons. 73. Police officers responsible for registering persons deprived of liberty when they enter prison have been allocated new computer equipment (a PC equipped with screen and keyboard, biometric access and webcam). Subsequently, prisoner registration will be initiated at Miraflores prison and the computerized SIPENBOL system will continue to be implemented until the third and final stage has been reached. In accordance with the various stages of implementation of the computerized system, staff will be given the equipment required to achieve the desired goals. 74. In this regard, the Ministry of the Interior, within the framework of measures taken to enhance cooperation and coordination between public bodies, entered into an agreement with the Supreme Court of Justice on 10 February 2017 to combine the computerized systems of the Bolivian prison information system (SIPENBOL) and the Supreme Court of Justice (TULLIANUS). This is useful as the latter system registers legal proceedings relating to general trials as well as criminal trials involving detainees (records are documented as the computerized system shows all the various proceedings, including warrants issued by the judiciary), allowing information to be consulted and compared online and in real time. The transfer of electronic data will be completed on 31 December 2017. Currently, the Supreme Court of Justice has instructed judges and junior staff to maintain up-to-date records of all proceedings involving detainees (see annex 27). 75. A joint or inter-institutional unit will be set up with the aim of establishing a database that can be continually updated and that contains prisoners’ personal details and the status of their proceedings. In addition, a specialized commission is to be created made up of representatives of the judiciary, the Public Prosecution Service and the Ombudsman to analyze each and every case involving persons deprived of liberty, in order to identify those that need to be given priority for reasons of age or gender, or where it might be possible to apply alternative measures to pretrial detention or one of the progressive measures established in accordance with Act No. 2298 (see annex 28). 76. Manual registration has been introduced (in accordance with one of the recommendations made by the Subcommittee in its first report) and a computerized prison system of records is being developed (which is expected to be completed by the end of 2018). By 31 December 2017, all details on proceedings concerning persons deprived of 14 GE.18-12244

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