CAT/OP/BRA/2/Add.1 State Office of the Ombudsman Mato Grosso Office of the Ombudsman for Prisons Minas Gerais Office of the Ombudsman for Prisons of Minas Gerais Paraíba Office of the Ombudsman for Prisons Paraná Office of the Ombudsman for Prisons Pernambuco Office of the Ombudsman for Prisons, Executive Secretariat for Social Rehabilitation Piauí Office of the Ombudsman for Prisons Rio de Janeiro Office of the Ombudsman, State Secretariat for Prison Administration Rio Grande do Norte Office of the Ombudsman and Ombudsman for Prisons Rondônia Office of the Ombudsman for Prisons São Paulo Office of the Ombudsman, Secretariat for Prison Administration 80. In addition to encouraging the creation of state ombudsmen, the Federal Government provides financial resources to fit them out. In this context, R$ 280,000 (approximately US$ 120,000) was transferred for the purchase of equipment for ombudsman’s offices in 11 states.20 81. The ombudsman’s offices collect, receive, analyse, refer and monitor complaints, while responsibility for investigating them lies with the police, the Department of Prosecution and the state prosecutors. The ombudsmen are privileged channels for the reception of complaints from persons deprived of their liberty and for the oversight of decisions made by the competent authorities in this regard. 82. In addition, the state internal affairs units of the prison system and police internal affairs units can receive complaints and institute disciplinary administrative proceedings to investigate and punish those responsible for human rights violations. 83. Likewise, important work is done by the Department of Monitoring and Oversight of Prisons and Socio-educational Measures of the National Council of Justice, created in 2009 by Act No. 12106. Its purpose is to monitor and oversee compliance with the recommendations and resolutions of the National Council of Justice in connection with pretrial detention and final sentences, and measures for the security and confinement of adolescents, and to provide guidance and offer solutions for irregularities identified in the prison system and in the system for applying socio-educational measures. 84. With respect to strengthening the mechanisms for oversight of the system of law and order, another of the recommendations made by the Subcommittee, the third National Human Rights Plan gives particular consideration to the establishment of oversight and complaint procedures and mechanisms to prevent abuse of authority and institutional 20 GE.14-42059 Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo and Paraíba. 21