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e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
provincial judicial authorities are responsible for lodging 45% of said
inmates;
In spite of the fact that judicial authorities have allowed several
submissions for habeas corpus, prolonged periods of confinement and
torture are still used inside the cellblocks;
Regarding education and resocialization, only four young prisoners
take lessons in a small classroom. Furthermore, when they turn 21
years old, they are relocated with the other adult prisoners, and the
authorities no longer provides them with education;
Penitentiary guards are under pressure to work without rest;
In spite of the precautionary and provisional measures, and a recent
decision of the Argentine Supreme Court, the rate of persons detained
in the Province of Mendoza has increased, while penitentiary conditions
and facilities are still the same;
The Sate must prepare a plan to comply with the commitments
undertaken in Paraguay, providing for a budget and readily access to
information, means of control of compliance with provisional
measures, as well as the involvement of the highest national and
provincial authorities; and
A request to the Court seeking that provisional measures are detailed
and kept in force.
53.
The arguments presented by the State in connection with the public hearing,
including inter alia:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
The need to take into account the social context calling for a hand of
iron on inmates, as well as more severe penalties and fewer
possibilities to apply for releases;
As a special measure, state agents have met with the investigation
judge to “convince him of the measure that should be taken” in order
to grant beneficiaries to inmates, as well as with federal and provincial
authorities. However, progress in this area at the judicial level is slow;
An assessment of the persons who are in the condition to obtain
provisional release from prison by way of the benefit of discharge;
At present, there are no inmates subjected to prolonged periods of
confinement;
Regarding the Follow-up Commission, it is difficult for the members
who compose it to meet owing to the distances between Buenos Aires
and the Province of Mendoza;
The national government has not provided an answer to the provincial
government in connection with the issues affecting the penitentiaries
located in said province;
Out of the inmates imprisoned in the penitentiaries located in
Mendoza, 300 places are used by the federal government, and the
Province provides the necessary funding for those places;
The judiciary of the Province of Mendoza keeps 44% of its prisoners in
custody way over the due date set for trials, without any prospects for
trial commencement;
The Federal Government is willing to work together with the parties,
the Inter-American Court and the province of Mendoza so as to try and
find a solution to the problem affecting the case and Argentina;
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