99 Sixth: In the area of festivals and recreation, reform and rehabilitation institutions affiliated with this Machinery, organize concerts and sports activities marking the occasion of national and religious events. Reform institutions are run by members of the Judicial Police numbering 590 officers representing different grades and are assisted by non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and individuals plus civil servants. A. Prisoners Abroad The State's interest was not confined to prisoners within borders of the State but it was also developed to cover this category overseas. Upon a decision taken by the masses of the Basic People's Congresses, the People's General Committee was delegated to administer external communication and international cooperation by envisaging a mechanism for off-shore prisoner care. A Committee was formed to monitor status of Libyan prisoners abroad, which, since its institution, has been planning field visits to all countries where Libyan prisoners are serving sentences to be well informed of their health conditions and to render all the necessary assistance to them including judicial aid such as assigning attorneys to defend their cases through coordination with fraternity and popular offices abroad. This Committee prepares annual reports on the nature of its work and findings reached for their submission to the People's General Committee on External Communication. B- Police Release and Special Pardon If penalty was primarily intended to ensure reform, moral justification and rehabilitation of convicts to become righteous members of the society in a way to determine or execute penalty as required, the Libyan legislation has recommended two highly important matters in motivating convicts to reform themselves: first; by deciding on conditional release where the Prosecutor-