Security and Social Defense, along with IASES, formed a work group to devise strategies for the implementation of integrated procedures for providing initial assistance to juvenile offenders; i) in January and February 2012 IASES “hired 42 new employees;” j) on September 15, 2011 the demolition of the old units of UNIS was completed. The Facility now has capacity for 60 youths aged 12 to 16 years, from the metropolitan region of the city of Vitória, capital of the state of Espírito Santo; k) as of March 29, 2012 the population interned at UNIS totaled 53 inmates. Furthermore, of the 139 inmates held at the unit at the time when the provisional measures were adopted in February 2011, 105 were released and 34 remain in state custody at different internment facilities. 8. With regard to the implementation of the measures reported by the State, the representatives indicated, inter alia, that the Inter-Institutional Procedures were not working properly, given that in November 2011 they confirmed that about 26 youths already convicted had been waiting to be transferred for over 20 days, when the institutional procedures indicate that this transfer should occur within 72 hours. In addition, they pointed out that the quality and amount of the food given to the inmates continued to elicit complaints and was sometimes the cause of disturbances at the Unit. Regarding schooling and educational activities, the representatives reported that the officers often delay taking the inmates to those activities, or do not take them at all. Furthermore, educational workshops are not organized every day, but on average only twice a week. Finally, some adolescents reported that they had not attended any extracurricular courses or workshops for several months. 9. Likewise, the representatives reported that the new officers hired by IASES had been involved in several violent incidents against the adolescents, “including threats, claiming that because they were hired through a competitive examination ‘nothing would happen to them.’” Furthermore, during a meeting held on December 16, 2011 the UNIS Coordinator had informed the representatives about the shortage of officers at UNIS, explaining that they were being sent to other facilities with greater priority. The representatives also reported that, during the months of January and February 2012, the working conditions at the Units were inadequate, with a high turnover of staff and frequent transfers of officers from one unit to another, according to the emergencies that arose. In their brief of April 19, 2012, the representatives reiterated the information regarding the lack of sufficient officers at the UNIS. 10. As regards the legal assistance offered to the inmates, the representatives emphasized that this continued to be the responsibility of a single public defender. They reiterated that the adolescents were often represented by IASES attorneys since the public defense counsel was not available. In addition, the Disciplinary Evaluation Commissions have not been fully implemented in the socio-educational units, and each one operates in a different way. Furthermore, the State has not provided detailed information regarding the functioning of these evaluation commissions. 4