6 effects on the situation of risk the detainees are undergoing, as they are the beneficiaries of the protective measures. 6. The request made by the Inter-American Commission so that the Court, grounded on Article 63(2) of the American Convention, may require the State: a) to adopt, without delay, all safety and control measures that may be necessary to safeguard the life and physical integrity of the inmates held at La Pica Confinement Center, as well as of those persons who may enter the Confinement Center as detainees in the future; b) to adopt, without delay, all measures necessary to prevent that torture or physical penalties be applied to detainees; c) to provide La Pica Confinement Center with a sufficient number of duly trained personnel in order to prevent new acts of violence; d) to conduct reliable, complete and speedy investigations of the acts of violence that took place within the premises of the Confinement Center; to identify those persons liable for such acts and to apply the corresponding penalties as a deterrent against new acts of violence; and e) to assure the periodic surveillance of detention conditions and inmates’ physical conditions through an independent body, whose reports shall be sent to the Court. 7. The note issued by the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter, “the Secretariat”) on December 30, 2005, whereby, following the instructions of the President, said Secretariat granted the State a term expiring on January 5, 2006, to file its objections to the request made by the Commission (supra Having Seen clause No. 1). 8. The State, through a communication issued on January 5, 2006, whereby it submitted its objections to the Commission’s request, stated, inter alia, that: a) through the strategies designed for the jail environment, the State has created specific action plans that were implemented, by stages, with the participation of male and female detainees of the whole country, specially at La Pica Confinement Center, to safeguard the right to life and physical integrity, the health, food, education, sports, culture and entertainment activities of the population of jails and confinement centers, further taking into account the infrastructure of the premises and any event intended to improve their living conditions; b) through the Comisión Presidencial para Atender la Emergencia Carcelaria (Presidential Committee for Jail Emergency), an additional loan of one hundred and ten thousand Bolivares was requested, which would be applied to the infrastructure equipment, the execution of projects for productive work and for the improvement of safety level of both inmates and jail officers; c) several training programs designed to educate and train officers of the jail system are under progress;

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