13 g) although no results have been attained through the actions taken by the State up to the present time, the Commission appreciates the State’s intention to adopt medium-term measures driven to improve detention conditions; and h) the State must adopt all actions necessary to prevent that inmates be subjected to torture or physical punishments, to increase the number of guards assigned to control internal and external safety in La Pica Confinement Center, to train the prison staff not only regarding human rights but also in relation to techniques for managing jail emergencies; to implement a system for the periodic monitoring of detention conditions and the physical condition of detainees, through an independent body; to conduct periodic searches in the Confinement Center in order to seize arm fires; to promptly separate the inmates by categories, pursuant to the applicable international standards; and to investigate the acts of violence occurred in the confinement center. 18. The communication of February 6, 2006, whereby the representatives informed that on February 4, 2006 a new act of violence occurred at La Pica Confinement Center, the outcome of which was the death of an inmate caused by four bullet wounds. 19. The public hearing on the request for provisional measures held at the seat of the Inter-American Court on February 9, 2006, where the following persons were present: For the Inter-American Commission: Víctor H. Madrigal-Borloz, advisor; Juan Pablo Albán, advisor; and Deborah Benchoam, advisor; For the representatives: Humberto Prado, Venezuelan Prison Watch; Carlos Ayala; Tatiana Rincón, CEJIL; and Mariana Meléndez; For the State: Nora Uribe-Trujillo, Ambassador of Venezuela in Costa Rica; María Auxiliadora Monagas, Agent of the State for Human Rights; Ricardo Jiménez-Dan, Vice-Minister of City Safety of the Ministerio del Interior y Justicia (Ministry of Home Affairs and Justice); Erlin Rojas, General Director of Rehabilitation and Custody of the Ministerio del Interior y Justicia (Ministry of Home Affairs and Justice); José Vacarello, Prosecutor with national jurisdiction on penitentiary matters; José María Aristimuño, Sociologist of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Herly Peña-Escalona, Human Rights Affairs Deputy Officer of the Embassy of Venezuela in Costa Rica; and María Clara González, Director of Prisons of the Ministerio del Interior y Justicia (Ministry of Home Affairs and Justice).