In this context, five new digital X-ray devices were installed in the prisons in Port Said, Assiut, Wadi El-Natroun No. 1, the new Minya and Liaman Tura, while artificial ventilators were installed in the children's nurseries in Al-Qanater prison to deal with cases of premature babies. An operating theatre and surgical suite were provided in Assiut general prison, and six new kidney dialysis units were provided to the Lehman Tura hospital, along with two others in Borg El Arab prison and Assiut prison. A program was also initiated to conduct a comprehensive survey of the prevalence of the Hepatitis C virus among inmates in coordination with the Ministry of Health, as part of the state’s efforts to determine the incidence of such cases and accordingly provide the necessary treatment. As part of the social welfare program for prisoners and their families, annuities were distributed to the families of 22,956 prisoners, while 16,618 scholarships were given to prisoners' children. Also, a number of initiatives were taken to improve the conditions of prison inmates, including the provision of training for prisoners. In this regard, cooperation protocols were signed with the Misr Al-Kheir Foundation, the Association for the Care of Child Prisoners and the Lyons Club for the establishment of productive projects to rehabilitate the prisoners and achieve a positive material return for them. These efforts also included the establishment of exhibitions of arts and handicrafts produced by prisoners to display their handiwork, as well as the establishment of theater and film shows, concerts and seminars, and the provision of 95,947 books for prison libraries, along with the distribution of 2,826 television sets to prisons. The Ministry of the Interior also presents gifts to female inmates and their children when they give birth, organizes special visits for inmates’ families, organizes parties for visitors in cases of engagement, or marriage of their children, renders various types of educational services for learners among inmates in various stages of education (including basic literacy tuition and pre-university education), with a total of 6,416 inmates participating in educational programs at all stages of education in 2016. 11. In order to ensure that trials and pre-trial detention comply with the provisions of the ICCPR and Articles 54 and 55 of the 2014 Constitution, Article 3/16 of Law No. 197 of 2017 on the amendment of some provisions of the National Council for Human Rights Law contained a provision by council authorizing council members to visit prisons and other places of detention as well as therapeutic and correctional institutions, in order to listen to prisoners and inmates at the detention facilities mentioned in order to ensure their good treatment and enjoyment of their 41