A/HRC/13/39/Add.2 they had set everything on fire during the riot, they were not given any mattresses for three weeks. 16. A few weeks before the riot, the social workers had torn the letters he had received from his family. He got very angry and kicked the door. As a result, the social workers came in and hit him with their bare hands. He was also hit in the abdomen with a stick. His hands were cuffed behind his back and his feet were shackled. The beatings lasted about 25 minutes; then he was left alone in a cell for 1 1/2 hours. Another boy was also beaten at this time, but he was beaten less brutally because he was still under the age of 18. He generally complained of being beaten often, and told by the guards that he could not complain because he was over 18 years old. He also reported that he had been handcuffed to his bed a number of times for up to three hours. He had an old injury from approximately six months before, when he was shot in the foot by a police officer while robbing a house. The bullet was never removed and the foot was extremely swollen. He noted that it still hurt when he was playing football. He also mentioned that the detainees were given injections that put them to sleep if they behaved badly. Finally, he noted that if they wanted to file a complaint, the social workers would wait until any marks disappeared from their bodies before they would file the complaint. 17. The allegations made regarding his swollen foot and the rubber bullets were corroborated by medical evidence. 18. F.S., 17, had been detained for two months and had five more months before completing his sentence. Before he came to Las Piedras, he was detained in Ituzaingó, where first-time offenders were held. As a punishment for escaping, he was sent from the more open facility of Ituzaingó to Las Piedras. He alleged that because he and his cellmate had asked to go to the toilet, they were both handcuffed to their beds. The said that sanctions were common if they insisted when requesting to use the toilet. He took sleeping medication in order to kill the boredom. He added that the doctors working at the clinic at Colonia Berro prescribed this medication for almost every detainee. He had been detained there previously, and, on 20 December 2007, he was given an injection that put him to asleep. He had not been beaten personally but witnessed other detainees being beaten. He also complained about the poor quality of the food and the fact that the visits were monitored. Colonia Berro – Hogar SER Visited on 22 March 2009 General information 19. Hogar SER is also a maximum security detention facility for juveniles. When the Special Rapporteur visited, 10 boys were held on the premises, of one of whom was out for judicial proceedings. The social workers in charge of the facility reported constant understaffing, which made their work extremely difficult. In general, there were three persons per shift, but the social workers had to work several shifts in a row replacing colleagues who were on sick leave. They also requested more mental health care for the detainees as well as for themselves. The juveniles were allowed to go out in the courtyard in the afternoon from 2 to 6 p.m. No sports or other rehabilitative activities were offered to the boys deprived of their liberty in this facility. On 7 December 2008, the last relevant riot took place, when the assistant to a priest who was visiting the minors was taken hostage by the detainees. 28 GE.09-17655