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effects on the situation of risk the detainees are undergoing, as they are the
beneficiaries of the protective measures.
6.
The request made by the Inter-American Commission so that the Court,
grounded on Article 63(2) of the American Convention, may require the State:
a)
to adopt, without delay, all safety and control measures that may be
necessary to safeguard the life and physical integrity of the inmates held at
La Pica Confinement Center, as well as of those persons who may enter the
Confinement Center as detainees in the future;
b)
to adopt, without delay, all measures necessary to prevent that torture
or physical penalties be applied to detainees;
c)
to provide La Pica Confinement Center with a sufficient number of duly
trained personnel in order to prevent new acts of violence;
d)
to conduct reliable, complete and speedy investigations of the acts of
violence that took place within the premises of the Confinement Center; to
identify those persons liable for such acts and to apply the corresponding
penalties as a deterrent against new acts of violence; and
e)
to assure the periodic surveillance of detention conditions and inmates’
physical conditions through an independent body, whose reports shall be sent
to the Court.
7.
The note issued by the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter, “the
Secretariat”) on December 30, 2005, whereby, following the instructions of the
President, said Secretariat granted the State a term expiring on January 5, 2006, to
file its objections to the request made by the Commission (supra Having Seen clause
No. 1).
8.
The State, through a communication issued on January 5, 2006, whereby it
submitted its objections to the Commission’s request, stated, inter alia, that:
a)
through the strategies designed for the jail environment, the State has
created specific action plans that were implemented, by stages, with the
participation of male and female detainees of the whole country, specially at
La Pica Confinement Center, to safeguard the right to life and physical
integrity, the health, food, education, sports, culture and entertainment
activities of the population of jails and confinement centers, further taking
into account the infrastructure of the premises and any event intended to
improve their living conditions;
b)
through the Comisión Presidencial para Atender la Emergencia
Carcelaria (Presidential Committee for Jail Emergency), an additional loan of
one hundred and ten thousand Bolivares was requested, which would be
applied to the infrastructure equipment, the execution of projects for
productive work and for the improvement of safety level of both inmates and
jail officers;
c)
several training programs designed to educate and train officers of the
jail system are under progress;
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