15 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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