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c)
As from January 2006, 30 guards graduated at the Escuela de
Custodios Penitenciario (School of Penitentiary Guards) of the State of Trujillo,
would be incorporated to the staff of La Pica Confinement Center;
d)
Humberto Prado, Director of the non-governmental organization
Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (Venezuelan Prison Watch), was invited
to teach a course on human rights and other topics related to the penitentiary
system;
e)
multidisciplinary teams were created, which would provide integral
assistance to La Pica inmates;
f)
the State has ordered that weekly searches be made in order to assure
compliance with the ban on the possession of articles, arms or drugs that can
generate violence;
g)
several religious groups were asked to strengthen the work they were
developing in order to promote awareness of moral values and respect for life
among inmates;
h)
structural reparations would be made in the Confinement Center;
i)
the Confinement Center would be provided with office tools and
adequate cleaning and safety materials;
j)
it had requested that cleaning and trash collection services were
supplied twice a week in order to prevent diseases that could put at risk the
health of inmates; moreover, it had further requested that the brush and
debris of the perimetral areas were cleared since such areas impair jail’s
safety, which could derive in violent acts and possible escapes;
k)
some room within the Confinement Center was prepared to receive two
officers of the Dirección General de Derechos Humanos (Human Rights General
Board) who shall be appointed on an ongoing basis and whose duties shall be
to assure the respect for the human rights of inmates;
l)
it also requested that fumigation and vaccination campaigns were
made, as well as a dentistry/medical campaign.
m)
the State was analyzing the possibility of enlarging a section of the
aqueduct which would reach the Confinement Center to supply it with drinking
water for the inmates on an ongoing basis;
n)
the representatives of the beneficiaries were invited to submit
proposals and execution mechanisms addressed to improve the condition of
the Confinement Center. The following strategies were presented at said
meeting:
i.
the Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (Venezuelan Prison
Watch) was incorporated to the Comisión Presidencial para
Atender la Emergencia Carcelaria (Presidential Committee for Jail
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