A/HRC/13/39/Add.2 filled with urine. Furthermore, sometimes the boys had to defecate in plastic bags which they then threw out of the window. For the night shifts, male colleagues took over. However, many of the social workers were on sick leave, so that there was constant understaffing and the social workers had to work two or more shifts in a row. According to the social workers, the majority of the boys were addicted to crack. The adolescents were locked up 22 hours a day in their cells and were allowed to go to the garden for one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon. During this time, they could play football and drink mate tea. Besides that there were no other activities offered. 6. About a month prior to the visit of the Special Rapporteur a riot took place in Las Piedras. As punishment, the juveniles were locked in their cells 24 hours a day for 30 days. During the riot the boys allegedly destroyed everything and set the mattresses, beds and other things on fire. Since there were no formal complaints of violence after the riot, no investigation took place. The social workers only wrote an administrative report. One day after the riot, a forensic doctor examined all detainees. The social workers reported a high level of inter-prisoner violence as well as of sexual intercourse between the detainees. However, there was mutual respect between female social workers and juveniles so that there were no attacks against the female staff. However, male staff had repeatedly been attacked. 7. The boys were regularly given sleeping medication after a 10-minute consultation. In addition, they complained that they were dependent on their parents for toilet paper and that they did not have sufficient food. Buses were organized for family visits on Sunday. Individual cases 8. W.A.B.F., aged 17, was arrested for robbery in January 2009 and taken to the First Sectional Police Station, where he was reportedly beaten by police officers. After several hours at the police station, he was transferred to Las Puertas where he was held in the closed wing for seven days. He reported that he was beaten up by some of the social workers at Las Puertas, including with a police truncheon. He was then transferred to the Centro de Medidas Cautelares (CEMEC), where he was held for one month. He reported that the conditions in this centre were much better and that the treatment of the juveniles was for the most part humane. After a riot incident in CEMEC he was transferred to Las Piedras. He reported that he took medication every day to be able to sleep. He had more than 25 self-inflicted cuts on his arms and thorax. He indicated that the he had inflicted the most recent cuts the day before in order to get the attention of the social workers. 9. S.S.A., aged 16, was arrested by approximately 25 police officers and taken for a medical examination. After that he was transferred to a police station and taken to a punishment cell (calabozo), where he was forced to stand against the wall with his legs spread out and was beaten all over his body during his interrogation. After spending the night at the police station, he was taken to Las Puertas where he was detained for two weeks in the open wing (front part). Subsequently, he was transferred to El Cerrito Home, where he was also beaten up and was kicked in the knees. He escaped four days later. He was arrested again on 18 February 2009 and taken to Las Piedras, where he had remained been since. He was only allowed to go to the patio two times a week, and was allowed to speak on the phone for five minutes each week. A social worker always listened to the detainees’ conversations. He took daily anti-anxiety medication and other sedatives in order to sleep and said he received regular visits. 10. E.G.F., aged 16, was arrested on 6 February 2009 and spent several days at Las Puertas. He was transferred to Las Piedras on 1 March 2009. He reported that the conditions were horrible and that he was suffering because he was locked up in the cell most of the time without any activities. However, because of his good behaviour, he was allowed to have a TV in his cell. 26 GE.09-17655