6 ii. even though the State has implemented policies in an attempt to end the violence in the Confinement Center, 21 detainees have died and 9 were injured between April 2006 and May 18, 2007; iii. despite the increase in security guards, the number of personnel continues to be lower than what is required in the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, which establish that there should be one guard for every 10 inmates. Additionally, the State indicated that the Confinement Center employs 22 guards for internal custody; however, the representatives observed during their May 8, 2007 visit that only 6 guards were present, which clearly contradicts the minimum international standards of imprisonment and contributes to the increase in violence; iv. the policies employed by the Ministry of Interior and Justice are directed more towards the repression of detainees rather than at the holistic or prevention treatment, and v. on June 16, 2006 the detainees went on a hunger strike which ended on June 21, 2006 with the promise by the authorities to deny the Captain of the National Guard access to the detention center. b) regarding the measures necessary to: a) substantially reduce overcrowding at Monagas Judicial Confinement Center (“La Pica”), b) confiscate weapons in the hands of detainees, c) separate accused detainees from those who have been convicted, d) conform the conditions at the Confinement Center to international standards, and e) provide the necessary medical attention to detainees in such a way that guarantees their right to humane treatment: i. the State overcrowding; has not taken any concrete measure to reduce ii. the State should increase the security measures to completely and effectively disarm the detainees. Detainees have stated that the searches generally include physical and psychological mistreatment by the personnel who conduct them. Searches should be made in the presence of the officials from the Ombudsman (“Defensoría del Pueblo”) or from the Office of the Public Prosecution (“Ministerio Público”) to guarantee effective procedures that thwart harm or additional violence amongst the prisoners; iii. the State has not proceeded with the separation of the detainees as ordered by the Court. The fact that the State has an up-to-date registry with legal information on each detainee is not a concrete action in compliance with the requirement to physically separate accused detainees from those who are convicted; iv. given the number of detainees who have completed their sentences and remain deprived of their liberty, they have expressed the need for the State to assign them 2 or 3 Public Defenders; v. regarding legal assistance, the prisoners described a lack of conformity due to the failure of the State to comply with the procedural period of time in the case of some prisoners who are being tried. They also complained about