3 decreased. During November and December, 2005, several searches were carried out, and certain objects in the possession of the adolescents which could be used as weapons were seized. At present, Tatuapé Complex has four teams of ten and six external security agents in every working shift, which at the same time receive reinforcements of recently hired and duly trained security agents. This team also helps in the searches within the confinement units. Furthermore, periodic meetings with the surveillance company are being held in order to improve the searches performed on officers and visitors so as to avoid the smuggling of drugs, cell phones and weapons; b) regarding to operative paragraph No. two, the adolescent inmates of Tatuapé Complex units have been subjected to the same disciplinary rules and regulations applied to all of FEBEM´s confinement units. Said rules and regulations set forth that the maximum term of “retreatment” is of five days; consequently, it is not applied to lasting incarceration. Furthermore, regarding eventual episodes of mistreatment, any complaints of these acts are duly analyzed and investigated. Officers suspected of liability are removed from their offices until the completion of the disciplinary proceeding; c) regarding to operative paragraph No. three, at present Tatuapé Complex has 17 units in operation; only one of them is deactivated. According to information of December 31, 2005, the Complex houses 1,372 adolescents, amount which is within its capacity, that amounts to 1,490 youngsters. Nonetheless, the Government has been intensely working towards its shutdown, purpose for which nine units are being built, which shall be finished between February and March, 2006. Other eleven units are undergoing a bidding process, awaiting the regularization of the areas; other ten are under a bidding process and other fourteen under negotiation with the city Council. These units shall jointly have capacity for 2.752 inmates. Consequently, soon six units of Tatuapé Complex shall be deactivated in order to allow the first stage of Parque Belem. Furthermore, each unit of Tatuapé Complex has a specific destination, reason for which the inmates are classified according to their age, repetition of offense and seriousness of the offense committed, as required by the Brazilian legislation. Likewise, it has taken several actions in response to what has been ordered by the Court, which have addressed pedagogic and health-related deficiencies within the confinement compounds. The youngsters receive specialized technical attention by psychologists and social workers, and 24-hour medical attention; d) regarding to operative paragraph No. four, it stated that the representatives visited the units of Tatuapé Complex during October and November, 2005; e) regarding to operative paragraph No. five, as Appendix to the report of the State, there is a list with the names of the inmates of the units of Tatuapé Complex, including their name, age, date of birth, offense committed, date of entrance to the confinement unit, repetition of offense and educational level. Also, a list of inmates liberated from Tatuapé Complex was presented as Appendix. According to the State, at that time there were no adolescents with a defined procedural status, as they had all been tried by the competent judicial authorities;

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