14 2020 officers as of November 2010, of which 1411 are guards, for a total population of 2719 individuals deprived of liberty. The State indicated that "it has adopted and continues to implement short-, medium-, and long-term measures to deal with the structural problems and in order to improve and correct the situation of the Mendoza penitentiaries in the understanding that the duty to adopt those measures derives from its general obligations to respect and guarantee rights, acquired by Argentina upon ratification of the American Convention." Also, the State indicated that these provisional measures "run the risk of becoming permanent." 33. The State also highlighted that the Supreme Court of Justice of the Province is monitoring the prison situation. It specified that "the Constitution of the province of Mendoza specifically establishes [that] the Supreme Court of Justice of Mendoza has the obligation to supervise the conditions faced by individuals deprived of liberty, both those on trial and those convicted." In this way, "in compliance with this function and through the intermediary of its office on prison matters, which is under the Administrative Chamber of the [Supreme Court of Justice], permanent monitoring is carried out on the progress of the refurbishing and improvements [to the buildings] and sanitary [improvements] of the blocks via periodic visits to the prison and the submission of reports that the administrative authority […] brings before the [Supreme Court of Justice]." 34. The representatives indicated that "the lifting of the measures would be legitimate only as long as the situation of violence and insecurity that [led] to their adoption has been remedied." However, they noted that "during the time the measures have been in force, the deaths of various inmates have taken place and many others have been seriously injured," for which reason they alleged that "the situation of risk to life and physical integrity of the inmates continues to exist." The representatives "recognize that certain progress has been made on the situations of violence and lack of security that originated the adoption of the provisional measures, to the point that the number of violent deaths seen during 2004 has been reduced.” However, they indicated that "the conditions for those deaths to occur, whether homicide or suicide, continue to be in place" and that "it is therefore necessary to maintain the protective measures." They also indicated that “despite viewing positively the progress made in implementing specific actions with regard to the inmates in the Gustavo André prison farm in Lavalle toward improving the general conditions of the penitentiary population in the province, such as the construction of new facilities, [they highlight] that the situation of risk has not been overcome.” 35. Likewise, the representatives indicated that the internment conditions seen at the time of the Inter-American Commission's in loco visit in 2009 are the same. However, they recognize that due to the provisional measures ordered by the Court, the situation of individuals deprived of liberty has improved. Finally, they asked the Court to maintain the provisional measures "for a time longer" and that they be lifted only when the State has complied with certain requirements - such as, for example, compliance with the “Asuncion Accords” - and indicated that the best result of the measures has been the strengthening of democratic institutions, a project contained in the friendly settlement in order to resolve the situation domestically (supra Having Seen 3). 36. For its part, the Commission considered that "the risk faced by the beneficiaries remains" and that the "measures taken by the State have not been sufficient to eradicate the risk faced by the beneficiaries." It added that it has been demonstrated that "the continuation of the situation of insecurity and the deficient health, physical, and sanitary