CAT/OP/BOL/3 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. National preventive mechanism .................................................................................................... 3 III. Allegations of torture and ill-treatment and impunity ................................................................... 5 A. Allegations of torture and other ill-treatment ....................................................................... 5 B. Impunity................................................................................................................................ 6 Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Subcommittee in 2010 ...................................... 7 A. Causes and consequences of the excessive use of pretrial detention .................................... 7 B. Delegation of authority, self-government and corruption ..................................................... 8 C. Public Defender Service ....................................................................................................... 10 D. Safeguards ............................................................................................................................ 11 Situation of persons deprived of their liberty ................................................................................ 13 A. Police stations ....................................................................................................................... 13 B. Prisons and jails .................................................................................................................... 13 C. Social reintegration centres for adolescents in conflict with the law .................................... 15 D. Courthouse holding cells ...................................................................................................... 16 E. The psychiatric hospital ........................................................................................................ 17 Situation of vulnerable groups ...................................................................................................... 18 A. Indigenous justice system ..................................................................................................... 18 B. Women.................................................................................................................................. 19 C. Children and adolescents in conflict with the law ................................................................ 20 D. Persons with disabilities........................................................................................................ 20 VII. Reprisals and repercussions of the visit......................................................................................... 21 VIII. Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 22 Annexes ............................................................................................................................................................... 23 IV. V. VI. 2 GE.18-12272

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