7 shall only be allowed in extreme circumstances and shall be completed by medical staff;” pursuant to Memorandum 003/07, any petitions made by inmates, whether orally or in writing, must be received by security personnel, and must be delivered to the Penitentiary Director by the Module Chief Officer. All inmates confined therein have been interviewed by the Director of by Officers, and there are 6 medical doctors on duty 24 hours a day, psychological and dental assistance is also provided. As regards the request to broaden the provisional measures, the State further declared that the inmates confined at the Almafuerte Complex are duly classified (only convicts are confined therein,) no events have occurred that may allow to believe that the physical integrity of the inmates is endangered, since they are properly watched over and medical checks are conducted. There is no overcrowding, no lack of hygiene, or improper feeding. The request of the petitioners is based on the writ of habeas corpus upheld by the Criminal Sentence Execution Judge, and the State has complied with all the measures ordered by the said judge. Therefore, there are no reasons that may justify the international jurisdiction, and thus, the intervention of the Court. Due to the aforesaid, the State considered that all the information available is not enough to conclude that there exists a situation of extreme seriousness and urgency and that irreparable harm can be caused, so as to justify a possible broadening of the provisional measures so as to extend their effects to all those inmates confined in the Complejo Penitenciario III (Almafuerte) (III Penitentiary Complex –Almafuerte-.) 10. That the request to broaden the provisional measures was brought before the Court during its previous Extraordinary Session, as well as the observations and notes directed to the Presidents of both the Court and the Commission in May 2007, by means of which the State invited “the President [of the Commission...] to pay a personal visit [to the Complejo Penitenciario III (Almafuerte) (III Penitentiary Complex –Almafuerte-]." At that time, the Court considered proper that, before making any decision regarding the request to broaden the provisional measures, the Inter-American Convention informed its decision as to the invitation extended by the State, as well as its current opinion on the need to broaden the provisional measures at issue (supra Having Seen Clause No. 19). The Commission replied, after the last Regular Session of the Court, that “...should it gather the necessary resources it would prepare a visit for the end of the year...” (supra Having Seen Clauses No. 20 and 24). 11. That the representatives filed an habeas corpus remedy at domestic level based on the same grounds alleged for requesting the broadening of these measures (supra Having Seen Clauses No. 8 and 9 and Considering Clause No. 6). A provincial court of criminal enforcement accepted the habeas corpus remedy filed through a decision dated March 23, 2007, in which “apart from Medina Ponce, other 40 inmates institutionalized therein are also benefited after having been interviewed, after having requested reports and after having paid a visit to the Detention Center." As informed by the representatives, in the above mentioned Judgment, inter alia, it was decided, TO SUMMON the Director of the Complejo Penitenciario III (Almafuerte) (III Penitentiary Complex –Almafuerte-) in Cacheuta, in order that he immediately starts the negotiations, gives orders and/or executes the necessary proceedings so that any cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment to which the inmates confined in SECTORS I and 2 of the said Complex are subjected to comes to an end [...; to] ensure their right to petition, thus instrumenting a fast and effective channel to forward the different writs and/or mail directed –without previous censorship- to the judicial and/or administrative authorities […;] so that he effects the proceedings necessary to provide and/or allow the access of radio and/or television sets to grant the right to information that the inmates have […;] so that within [five days] he effects all the negotiations necessary to provide any means of telephone communication to the inmates confined in Complex III in order to guarantee their right to communication […] TO RECOMMEND the Director of the Complejo Penitenciario III (Almafuerte) (III Penitentiary Complex –

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