3 the dead and injured in the Mendoza Prison and the Gustavo André Unit during 2004/2005, and to describe the status of administrative proceedings in course. 2. Separation of prisoners by categories: a. b. 3. In the short-term, to adopt necessary measures to segregate untried prisoners from convicted prisoners, and juvenile adults from adults; and As a progressive measure, to develop a classification mechanism taking into consideration at least the criteria established in Article 8 of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Measures to avoid the entrance of weapons to the institutions: To take actions to sequestrate weapons of all kinds that could be found within the institutions, and to set up adequate surveillance —with the involvement and under the control of the judiciary— in order to guarantee the legality of said measures. Furthermore, to adopt necessary measures to bar the clandestine entrance of weapons, including surveillance over the spaces designed for the use by penitentiary agents. 4. Disciplinary Actions: a. b. 5. In the short-term, adoption of all measures necessary to notify —as soon as practicable— the defense of any person subjected to administrative investigations for the imposition of sanctions so that said person’s right to defense is safeguarded; and In the mid-term, adoption of legislative or any other type of measures needed to set up a disciplinary action scheme in keeping with the terms of the American Convention on Human Rights and other applicable international instruments on human rights. Increasing Improvement on Detention Conditions: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. 6. A survey on the individuals held in custody under the Province penitentiary system, which shall be conducted by the Ministry of Justice and Security of Mendoza; access to showers and sanitary units in working conditions; weekly provision of hygiene gear; guaranteed access to sufficient drinking water; adoption of necessary measures so that all areas of the institution are well-lit; barring of prolonged cell confinement, repression groups of hooded individuals and restriction of visitation; barring of access of personnel with dogs to cellblocks and to areas for the use by visitors; In the mid-term, expansion of the registry of prisoners, in accordance with the guidelines of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Case of Bulacio, paragraph 132; A bimonthly report on the outcome of the survey on prisoners’ health condition identifying the clinical charts prepared, treatment prescribed and ensuring that medicine and food are provided as prescribed; In the mid-term, psychological, psychiatric, dental and ophthalmologic assistance will be provided; Prisoners’ equitable access to work, recreational, formal and non-formal educational programs will be guaranteed, and other programs related to reinstatement will be created; Actions to diminish overcrowding by means of reducing the amount of persons held in custody under pretrial detention (in accordance with the criteria established in a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Justice on prisons in Buenos Aires); this will call for mechanisms other than pretrial detention such as programs for provisional release on parole; and Concerning overcrowding, full compliance with sentencing guidelines for progressive computation must be guaranteed. Involvement of the Judicial System: a. Full compliance with the terms of duration of judicial proceedings, in accordance with the standards laid out in the Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica, and in the Mendoza Code of Criminal Procedure;

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