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19.
That, in this sense, the State must promptly adopt the measures that are necessary
to avoid, in a definitive and effective way, violence in the four penitentiary centers of
reference, so that no other inmate be killed or his personal integrity affected. The State
must adopt measures addressed to prevent any future rebellions, strikes, the so- called
“self-kidnapping” or other acts that could affect the order within said confinement centers9.
20.
That, based on the foregoing, the Tribunal considers it is essential that the State
provides precise information on the measures to be adopted to fully and promptly comply
with the obligation to protect the life and personal integrity of all the beneficiaries in the
four penitentiary centers of reference. The State must present a report making specific
reference to those violent facts of the four penitentiary centers where the beneficiaries are
killed or injured, if applicable, as well as in reference to the measures adopted to avoid the
repetition of such facts.
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21.
That the Court values the efforts made by the State as to the implementation of the
measures and the activities tending to improve the situation of the beneficiaries of the
provisional measures, particularly in relation to health, education, culture, employment,
food, fumigation, infrastructure, training of guards, alternative methods of compliance with
sentences and the creation of new national public prosecutor's offices with jurisdiction over
prison matters, among others. The Tribunal urges Venezuela to continue with the
development of these and other activities addressed to improve the prison situation of the
country. Without detriment to the foregoing, the Tribunal repeats that, within the
framework of these provisional measures, the State's obligation must be centered on the
implementation and information of those measures that are directly linked to the protection
of life and integrity of the beneficiaries.
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22.
That, finally and considering the relevance of this aspect as to the monitoring of the
provisional measures in the instant four matters, the State must solve, as soon as possible
and in consultation with the representatives, the processes that are pending to obtain the
authorization required for their entrance to the penitentiary centers.
B) On the request for expansion of the provisional measures in favor of the
representatives of the beneficiaries
23.
That, within the framework of the public hearing held in relation to the four matters
of reference, the representatives requested the expansion of the provisional measures in
favor of Mr. Humberto Prado, Director of the Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones, as well
as in favor of Mr. Carlos Alberto Nieto Palma, Director of the organization called Una
Ventana a la Libertad. They are both representatives appointed to the instant matters.
24.
That, regarding Mr. Humberto Prado, Director of Observatorio Venezolano de
Prisiones, in addition to the existing information within the framework of the case file on the
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Cf. Matter of Monagas Judicial Confinement Center (“La Pica”), supra note 8, considering clause
seventeen.