CAT/OP/BOL/3/Add.1 X. Observations made in paragraphs 68 to 72 91. The Computer Unit of the Directorate General of Prisons is responsible for implementing the agreements signed by the Fundación Construir and the Supreme Court of Justice, to ensure that the prison information system of Bolivia fully integrates all information and data on persons deprived of their liberty, and makes effective use of information technology. The implementation of the computerized system is given in detail in the report on the functioning of the Bolivian Prison Information System (SIPENBOL), prepared by the Directorate Computer Unit (see annex 36-A). 92. It should nevertheless be noted that the Integrated Criminal Investigation System (SIIC) (AFIS Criminal) is fully operational in the country’s prisons. 93. The Infrastructure Unit of the Directorate General of Prisons has started to undertake the separation of pretrial detainees from convicted prisoners, and the construction of new blocks within prisons is under way. At the Morros Blancos prison a maximum security block has been built for the sole occupation of convicted prisoners. Construction of blocks for prisoners at the end of their sentences is nearing completion at the Villazón and Uyuni prisons in Potosí Department. The new blocks in the El Abra prison in Cochabamba Department and in the Villa Busch prison in Cobija Department are likewise nearing completion (see annex 36-B). XI. Observations made in paragraphs 75 to 78 of section V Situation of persons deprived of their liberty 94. The Ministry of the Interior, through the Directorate General of Prisons, is starting to launch construction of a prison complex in the Department of La Paz, to house persons deprived of their liberty currently held in the other La Paz prisons. (see annex 37-A). 95. The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture is asked to note that steps have been taken to close the San Pedro prison in La Paz, while construction of the La Paz Department prison complex has been declared of national interest and a priority under Act No. 494 (see annex 37-B). 96. A pre-investment technical study has also been completed for the construction of the new Palmasola prison complex. Under the administrative agreement of 22 October 2015, the Santa Cruz autonomous departmental government transferred, free of charge, the 17hectare parcel of land currently occupied by the Palmasola rehabilitation centre to the Ministry of the Interior, together with an adjacent 18-hectare parcel, to form a single 35hectare plot, for the construction of the new Palmasola prison complex (see annex 38: Technical report on preconditions). 97. The pre-investment technical study for the construction of the Cochabamba Department model prison complex, located in Arani Province, has been finalized. Following completion of the inter-institutional administrative measures, the legal framework is currently being drafted (see annex 39: draft Act No. 163/2017-2018) for the free transfer of land held by the Arani Municipality to the Ministry of the Interior, specifically for the construction of the Cochabamba Department model prison complex (see annex 40: Framework administrative agreement between the Ministry of the Interior, the autonomous departmental government of Cochabamba and the autonomous municipal government of Arani and the site layout plan provided by the Arani municipal technical office). 98. With the three major projects described, the Ministry of the Interior, through the Directorate-General of Prisons, has fulfilled its responsibility to protect the rights of persons deprived of their liberty, and taken all the official steps required for the construction of three prison complexes located along the central axis of the country (La Paz: Chonchocoro prison complex, for a total investment of Bs. 1,920,955,00; Santa Cruz: the new Palmasola prison complex, for a total investment of Bs. 2,317,834,00, and Cochabamba: the Arani model prison complex, for a total investment of Bs. 1,700,00.00). It has also taken steps to close those prisons which, while having the capacity in principle to GE.18-12244 17