A/HRC/13/39/Add.2 female police officers. It is one of the two largest women’s prisons in the country. The pavilion is composed of six dormitories, one kitchen and a relatively small courtyard. 101. On the day of the visit, there were a total of 87 detainees, which meant an overcrowding rate of almost 90 per cent as the official capacity of the prison is 50. Four women were pregnant and four were detained with their babies and children (up to the age of 4 years). Children who were older than 4 years had to be taken by other family members or to institutions run by INAU. The dormitories were closed from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. The prisoners could walk around in the courtyard and kitchen most of the time. At the time of the visit, the calabozos were under construction and could not be used. Generally, detainees could be kept for a maximum of 10 days in the punishment cells, during which time they were not allowed to go out. All the facilities were kept very clean. There was enough water for the detainees to drink and wash themselves and they were allowed to prepare some of their own food. No special treatment was given to pregnant women or women with babies. According to the Law on the Humanization of Prisons, women in the last trimester of their pregnancy and during the first three months of breastfeeding may be placed under house arrest. Nevertheless, none of the women interviewed, including the guards and the women who had given birth recently and those who were pregnant, had any knowledge of this provision in the law. As a result, this possibility had not been used by any of the women. Individual cases 102. Victoria Fernández, aged 24, had been in Canelones for six months and was previously detained in Cabildo, Durazno and Paysandú prisons. She was transferred from Paysandú because she had set the calabozo on fire on 2 February 2007. Most of her body had scars from the fire. She also reported that she had electrocuted herself and as a result only had one lung. She added that she was subjected to psychological violence. Regarding the food, she noted that it was fine, and that the food in Cabildo was worse. She said that she was trying to obtain a psychiatric evaluation and was beaten when she was last taken to see the judge. 103. Daniela Maribel Machado Silva, aged 35, and her baby had been detained in Canelones for 18 months. She noted that the judge had allowed her to leave the prison once, and that she had four other children she would like to see. She had been detained for drug possession, and still has 2 1/2 years to complete her sentence. She added that she was only allowed to go to the patio if she behaved well and that she was allowed to receive visitors three times s week for two to three hours, but that her husband was forced to undress before visiting her. In addition, her other children had reportedly not been allowed to enter the prison. She reported that she had not been beaten, and that when the guards searched the prison they would tear her child’s clothes and would physically search and touch the detainees. 104. A female detainee had been detained in Canelones for seven years, and had 22 left to complete her sentence. She said that the detainees were very nervous and restless and that they were currently not allowed to go out during the day because of construction work in the prison. She complained about the overcrowding. She was currently working in the prison and earned a monthly salary. 105. Silvana Fernández, aged 24, reported that her children, aged three and five, did not visit her anymore because they were forced to remove their underwear before the visits. She was reportedly put in a calabozo by force because she received a death threat from another detainee. A day later, she was told that the threat had not been against her. She noted that the guards were all female, but that male guards were responsible for conducting searches during which the detainees were forced to undress and were physically inspected. She also claimed that the doctor had prescribed a medical examination for her throat, but it had not been performed. GE.09-17655 43