7 penitentiary centers, which represent 2.94 per cent and 1.66 per cent of the total population in these prisons, respectively; and in the year 2009, 158 people were injured and 55 died, representing a 2.59 per cent and 0.90 per cent of said population, respectively. Therefore, for the State, “in a small but significant way […] the violence rates […] sho[w] a decrease in the penitentiary centers of reference]”. b) “the authorities have carried out [non invading] searches [by means of electronic equipments,] in which fire arms, prison-made weapons, explosive devices, ammunition of different caliber, drugs and psychotropic substances, among other objects that are prohibited, have been seized". However, the State acknowledged that due to “[the] lack of effective control” regarding the assistance guards, that is , the civil personnel in charge of the internal security of the penitentiary centers, “it has been really […] impossible to trace the acts of trafficking of arms inside [the] prison[s]"; c) “agreements were entered into between the General Direction of Custody and Rehabilitation of the Inmate and high-ranking authorities of the Bolivarian National Guard, that is to say, the military authorities in charge of the external security of the penitentiary centers, to strengthen the surveillance in all the prisons and avoid mutinies […] difficult to control and guarantee, in turn, the respect of human rights”; d) Balanced meals are served “in all the [p]enitentiary [c]enters by the [F]ood [S]ervice of the Army, in order to ensure a good distribution at the national level”. In addition, “fifteen (15) menus are presented, which are chosen by each [p]enitentiary [c]enter, according to demands”; e) Activities have been carried out in order to prevent the propagation of illnesses as well as cleaning and fumigation campaigns and there are “health conditions in the premises [and] total availability of the basic services”; f) as to the problem of overcrowding, evident progress has been made in the infrastructure of the four penitentiary centers, in relation, basically, to the construction of perimeter walls, gatehouses, illumination towers, water pipeline, bathrooms and dorms, and the creation of a computer system for the prison management (SIGEP) Furthermore, the construction of 15 confinement centers “to solve the overcrowding problems” is expected". “[T]he transfer of inmates to [new] centers is made so long as [such other centers] have officers, prison specialists, psychologists, criminologists, social workers, lawyers and medical services to assist most of the population, given the fact, otherwise, the inmate population to be transferred, [...] would be unattended and unoccupied". g) The corresponding government attorney’s offices have initiated 132 investigations as a response to the violent events that occurred in prisons, “emphasizing that of all [o]f them, only one corresponds to abuse on the part of a [security] officer”. h) “the training program for assistant guards has incorporated between the year 2004 and […] 2008, 792 guards […] to the [prison] system”; however, there are capacity issues since such job is not very appealing to the respective graduates”. i) the authorities have carried out educational missions focused on the approval of sixth grade of basic education, the completion of high school, the continuance of higher education, the insertion of inmates into the prison production system and the