3 iii. regarding the violence incidents, between the months of January 2006 and May 2007, 19 detainees died and 22 were injured; iv. from June 16 to 21, 2006 the detainees went on a hunger strike asking for the dismissal of Franklin Arias, the Captain of the National Guard, and the amendment or annulment of certain articles of the Criminal Procedure Code, and v. on January 25, 2007 a detainee died from gun shot wounds when he refused to stop at the command of the National Guards who found him trying to escape from the Confinement Center. b) regarding the measures necessary to: a) substantially reduce overcrowding at Monagas Judicial Confinement Center (“La Pica”), b) confiscate weapons in the hands of detainees, c) separate accused detainees from those who have been convicted, d) conform the conditions at the Confinement Center to international standards, and e) provide the necessary medical attention to detainees in such a way that guarantees their right to humane treatment: i. the Presidential Decree of November 23, 2004 created the Presidential Commission to attend the Prison Crisis (“Comisión Presidencial para atender la Emergencia carcelaria”) to evaluate and propose solutions for the recovery and optimization of the detention centers holding pre-trial and convicted detainees. Said Commission holds periodic meetings, aimed at totally solving the penitentiary situation in Venenzuela. A new “Strategic Plan for Humanizing Detention Centers” was created which will be carried out within six years and has the following three fundamental areas: a new institutional framework, full attention to the detainee, and infrastructure, including the construction of fifteen new penitentiaries between 2006 and 2012. For this purpose a Commission composed of lawyers, judges, and State agents carried out an on-site visit on June 16-17, 2006, where they agreed to visit the detention center every two months and they drew up a Visit Report that highlighted the shortcomings of the detention center, such as poor food preparation, lack of hygiene, complete abandonment of the workshops, cultural events, and education classes, lack of medical and pharmaceutical staff, and a lack of potable water; ii. the State created a Commission comprised of two state officials, a lawyer and legal assistant, effective as of January 30, 2006, to work permanently and daily as observers to the activities in the Confinement Center involving the participation of the detainees, and prepare periodic reports about the situation of the detainees; iii. regular and surprise searches have been carried out at the Confinement Center, during which the State has confiscated firearms, munitions, drugs, alcoholic beverages, grenades, and knives. Visitors to the Confinement Center are also searched to prevent the entrance of weapons; iv. studies have been carried out with the aim of presenting proposals to the relevant authorities regarding the separation of accused and convicted detainees;