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c)
In order to conduct searches actually effective to dismantle violent
elements and avoid acts of violence, firstly, such searches must be
accompanied by the immediate start-up of the investigations intended to
identify the net or networks accountable for the introduction of arms into the
prison and to efficiently attack that or those networks; in second place,
searches must be made on a weekly basis; and finally, they must be
conducted jointly with the prompt implementation of measures intended to
inform inmates about the purpose of the searches and seizures; and
d)
there is a great concern about the State’s reaction to the President’s
Order, by the aggressive statements made against Humberto Prado and the
non-governmental organization he represents, the Venezuelan Prison Watch,
since Prado resorted to the Inter-American system of protection of human
rights and required the Commission to request the Court for provisional
measures.
22.
The arguments of the State at the above-mentioned public hearing (supra
Having Seen clause No. 19), whereby it repeated the statements made in its prior
writings (supra Having Seen clauses No. 8, 9, 11 and 14), and pointed out, inter alia,
that:
a)
by February 6, 2006, La Pica detainees amounted to 500 inmates, out
of which 75.60% were indicted detainees and 24.40% were sentenced;
b)
multi-disciplinary teams are being created to deal with the treatment
designed for inmate rehabilitation at La Pica; said teams will consist of a
social worker, a psychologist, an expert in criminology, four drivers, a
chaplain, a sports coordinator, an educator, a nutritionist, an assistant
nutritionist, a dentist, two nurses and three physicians, who will live 365 days
a year in the premises that are being refurbished for such purpose;
c)
since January 2, 2006, 176 psycho-social surveys have been made,
which are the technical reports necessary for the sentenced inmates to have
access to alternative methods of penalty enforcement;
d)
the new guards that will be incorporated to La Pica Confinement
Center have been specially trained, especially regarding human rights issues;
e)
on December 24, 2005, the Ministerio del Interior y Justicia (Ministry
of Home Affairs and Justice) gave a toy to each inmate in all prisons of the
country. Furthermore, the “Bolivarian prison games” took place with the
participation of 27 centers of the whole nation; and
f)
some restoration works and improvements to the infrastructure of the
Confinement Center are in progress; some of said improvements are the
construction of an underground tank of 250 thousand liters capacity to solve
the problem of lack of drinking water, and the construction of a dividing wall
that shall separate inmates of 18 to 21 years old from the rest of the inmates.
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