judged within a reasonable timeline and greatly contributes to decongesting prisons. 46. The other regulatory mechanism is transfer which allows prison authorities to regularly decongest prisons in Dakar and the major urban centres by transferring prisoners to other regions of the country. 47. Furthermore, programmes have been established as part of penal labour in agricultural-oriented prison facilities such as (Sébikotane, Vélingara, Nioro), to effectively address overcrowding and idleness in prisons. 48. Finally, the government has designed a large-scale infrastructural programme (justice sector programme) for the construction of new prisons in the Dakar region and in the countryside. 49. Concerning health and hygiene, it is important to recall that the medicalsocial facility of the Prison’s Administration is headed by a physician, an officer of the Senegalese Army. This mechanism is strengthened in each prison by an infirmary headed by a nurse. Serious illnesses are treated in a Special Ward at the Aristide LeDantec Hospital. In Senegal, a prisoner who falls ill is fully taken care of from consultation, through treatment to the supply of drugs. 50. In conclusion, it must be noted that since 2000, the government has consistently increased the daily ration per prisoner which went up from CFAF 200 to CFAF 500. This commendable step had a tangible impact as it improved detention conditions, thus, today, the situation described by the Commission in 2004, can be referred to as a thing of the past. IV. ON THE ISSUE OF CREATING A CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PLURALISTIC EXPRESSION IN THE MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS PURSUANT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHARTER 51. In Senegal, as a result of the liberalization of the sector, media organizations enjoy a favorable environment which guarantees a very high level of freedom of expression. 52. The media landscape is particularly rich and diversified. There are about twenty dailies, a dozen weeklies and monthly publications including hundreds of private commercial and community radio stations. 53. Private radio stations play a significant role not only in informing citizens, but also in developing a genuine public debate in the society through interactive broadcasts that provide the public with the opportunity to make contributions to radio programmes by telephone. The television sector has experienced an exponential explosion since the establishment of the first private television station, the 2sTV in 2003. To date, Senegal can boast of twelve (12) public and private television stations. Apart from the traditional media, the online press is 14