A/HRC/35/23/Add.1 professionalization of its staff, procedures and laboratories with the aim of improving the effectiveness of criminal investigations; (d) Provide training and support to strengthen the capacity of prosecutors and investigators; (e) Conduct prompt and comprehensive autopsies in all homicide cases; (f) Ensure that all criminal investigations are guided by the Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (2016), and that forensic experts are adequately trained on the uses of the Manual; (g) Also ensure that the investigation into and the prosecution and trial of homicides linked to organized crime, drug trafficking and gang activity fall within national jurisdiction, in order to allow federal authorities to attract cases where local authorities are not in a position or are unwilling to do so; (h) Respect the right of victims and their families to be informed of the status of criminal investigations; (i) Improve data collection and analysis of incidents of violent deaths and ensure the use of common, reliable and transparent recording methods. Such data should be disaggregated by sex, race, age, ethnicity, occupation or affiliation, geographic location and other relevant characteristics, in order to understand the magnitude, trends and patterns of the problem. Furthermore, it should collect reliable statistics on the number of homicides that lead to prosecution, the number of effective convictions and the number of cases involving security forces. 119. With respect to prisons, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Improve conditions for all detainees, in compliance with the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and ensure the right to life of all inmates; (b) system; Address the situation of overcrowding and poor conditions of the prison (c) Ensure that prisons are under the control of penitentiary officers and descale the militarization of prisons with a view to achieving its full return to civil administration; (d) Also ensure that prisons are not permeated by gangs, and should impede the access by inmates to arms, drugs and mobile telephones, which could be used to commit crimes and endanger the lives of others inside and outside prisons. 120. With respect to private security companies, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Establish a process of stricter control over private security providers, and that the registration and functioning of private security companies is tightly vetted, controlled and supervised. It should establish rules of engagement that govern the use of arms and force by private security agents; (b) Ensure that private security personnel and firearm lists are kept fully up to date and are in full compliance with national laws. C. Recommendations addressed to the international community 121. The international community should ensure that Honduran migrants who indicate that their lives are at risk in their home country and request asylum abroad are granted immediate access to legal assistance or to organizations that could assist them in processing their request. In compliance with the principle of non-refoulement, receiving countries should refrain from deporting migrants whose lives are at risk without having properly and thoroughly assessed their cases and asylum applications. 22