32 106 are detained during proceedings.” Over the ensuring years, similar statements have 107 108 109 110 been made by the HRC, the CAT, the SPT, and the SRT. 74. In Venezuela, the total prison population as of March 2013 was 48,262 inmates, of whom 62.73% were awaiting trial and 30.9% had been sentenced (the remainder were on work permit and “depósito”*). This situation has contributed to the increase of overcrowding levels to more than 190%. The prison system is currently suffering from a shortfall of 30,000 spaces. In addition, Venezuela has the prison system with the highest levels of violence in the hemisphere (inside Venezuelan prisons, during 111 2012, 591 people died and 1,132 were injured). According to information received by the IACHR, procedural delays are the main reason for protests within Venezuela’s 112 prisons, which also serves to exacerbate the climate of violence. 75. As for the situation in the Caribbean States, the Commission notes that in The Bahamas, as of November 1, 2011, of 1,348 prison inmates, 708 (54%) had been sentenced and 611 (46%) were being held pending trial. In addition, The Bahamas has the Caribbean’s highest incarceration rate, with 435 people in prison for each 100,000 inhabitants: in other words, there is one prison inmate for every 270 106 IACHR, Third Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Paraguay, Ch. IV, paras. 45 (4) and (5). 107 UN, Human Rights Committee, Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 40 of the Covenant, Conclusions and Recommendations of the Human Rights Committee, Paraguay, CCPR/C/PRY/CO/3, published April 29, 2013, para. 20; and CCPR/C/PRY/CO/2, published April 24, 2006, paras. 15 and 16. 108 UN, Committee against Torture, Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 19 of the Convention, Concluding observations of the Committee against Torture, Paraguay, CAT/C/PRY/CO/4-6, published December 14, 2011, para. 19. 109 UN, Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture, Report on the visit of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to the Republic of Paraguay, CAT/OP/PRY/1, published June 7, 2010, paras. 151 and 152. 110 UN, Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Report on Mission to Paraguay, A/HRC/7/3/Add.3, published October 1, 2007, paras. 65, 71, 80, 83(o) and (s). centers. * “Depósito” in Venezuela refers to being detained in police stations or annexes to detention 111 Information presented at the hearing Situation of People Deprived of Liberty in Venezuela, 147th regular period of sessions, organized by the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP), March 16, 2013. 112 Information presented at the hearing Situation of People Deprived of Liberty in Venezuela, 146th regular period of sessions, organized by the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP), November 1, 2012. According to figures presented by the OVP at that hearing, 31% of the protests during 2012 were against procedural delays, and this has also been a constant theme in the IACHR’s statements regarding Venezuela. The comments made by the inmates in the following video (in Spanish) are stunningly eloquent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyC_NQzIJ00 (skip forward to minute 5:00).