However, despite the lack of readily official and available information, NGO reports suggest that investments to improve the conditions of detention of persons deprived of their liberty are insufficient. Reportedly, prisons in Iran lack showers and adequate sleep amenities for their detainees.35 As reported by Amnesty International as of June 2020,36 according to recent official statements,37 Iran’s prison population was around 211,000, two and half times more than the officially declared capacity of 85,000.38 Numerous reports received by OHCHR have indicated that detainees are regularly kept in poor conditions in Iranian prisons, notably due to overcrowding and serious lack of basic hygiene, lack of adequate food and water and denial of access to medical care. 39 40 41 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran received numerous reports of abusive use of torture to extract confessions, use of solitary confinement, and medical treatments conditional upon confession.42 Additionally, numerous reports have documented deaths and cases of ill-treatment of persons detained during the November 2019 protests.43 44 In light of the above, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has not addressed the substandard detention conditions identified previously by the human rights mechanisms and in the present and previous reports of the Special Rapporteur. C. The Special Rapporteur implores the Government to ensure adequate access to medical treatment in line with international standards Iran’s Prison Regulations provide for the management and supervision of all prisons and detention center in the country, including the conditions of detentions such access to adequate food and water and medical care for detainees, visits and communications with the family. The Regulations specify that all prisoners should have access to medical care, including regular 35 See more: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, https://iranhrdc.org/rights-disregarded-prisons-in-the-islamic-republicof-iran/#3.2.3 36 Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/07/iran-leaked-letters-reveal-state-denial-of-covid19crisis-in-prisons/ 37 https://www.irna.ir/news/83819418/٢١١-‫ھﺴﺘﻨﺪ‬-‫ﮐﺸﻮر‬-‫ھﺎی‬-‫زﻧﺪان‬-‫در‬-‫ﻧﻔﺮ‬-‫ھﺰار‬ 38 https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1398/02/25/2011935/‫دارﯾﻢ‬-‫زﻧﺪاﻧﯽ‬-‫ظﺮﻓﯿﺖ‬-‫ﺑﺮاﺑﺮ‬-5-2-‫ھﺎ‬-‫زﻧﺪان‬-‫ﺳﺎزﻣﺎن‬-‫رﺋﯿﺲ‬ 39 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, January 2020, https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IR/Report_of_the_Special_Rapporteur_on_the_situation_of_human_rights_in_the_ Islamic_Republic_of_IranA4361.pdf 40 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, July 2020, https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=A%2F75%2F213&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop 41 UN News, https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1074722 42 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, January 2020, https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IR/Report_of_the_Special_Rapporteur_on_the_situation_of_human_rights_in_the_ Islamic_Republic_of_IranA4361.pdf 43 Ibid. 44 Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/2891/2020/en/ 6