E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 132 consciousness. On the following day, he was allegedly beaten by about six employees. According to the information received, he had a deep wound in his head and 17 lesions all over his body as a result of the beatings. On 24 November, he was allegedly transferred to the House of Detention in São Paulo (Carandiru prison). The next day, he was reportedly taken to the infirmary, where he received four stitches in his head. He reportedly underwent an official medical examination, which revealed lesions consistent with the allegations. The corregedoria of the prison system is said to have opened an investigation into the case. The proceeding was reportedly closed on the grounds that the “irregularities” that had allegedly occurred at the Parelheiros prison could no longer be looked into as the prison had been de-activated on February 2000. Despite a reported request by the state’s attorney, no police inquiry is said to have been opened. 280. Daniel Lino Cardoso, detained at the 26th district police station in São Paulo, was allegedly shot on 9 March 1999 by police officers from the Armed Group for the Prevention of Thefts and Robbery. According to the information received, the officers arrived at the police station after an alleged escape attempt, invaded the cells and threw out the detainee’s sheets and personal belongings. The civil police Special Operations Group (GOE) is said to regularly visit this district. According to the information received, on these occasions, prisoners are beaten and obliged to sing derogatory songs and have their personal belongings and food thrown out. Officers allegedly shoot against the lock-up. It is said that these visits follow the same pattern: officers form a Polish corridor composed of five men on each side carrying damp cardboard tubes. Officers allegedly force the prisoners to run through the Polish corridor and hit them as they pass. 281. Wilton Oliveira Santos, a computer analyst, was reportedly arrested on 29 May 1999 in São Paulo. He was allegedly taken to the 75th district police station where he was kept in an isolated room. According to the information received, he was later taken to a hospital in a coma. The police officers are said to have told the hospital officials that he had tried to commit suicide by suffocating himself. His relatives reportedly denied that he had ever showed signs of depression that might have led him to perform a suicide attempt. 282. Gilberto Xavier Pinheiro, detained at the 41st district police station in São Paulo, was allegedly beaten by two civil police officers with an iron bar on 14 January 1999. According to the information received, an inquiry was opened in March 1999. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information on the outcome of the inquiry. 283. João Nepomuceno de Moura, Valdir da Fonseca Filho, Joel da Silva, Adriano Augusto Toranello, Cláudio da Cruz, Manoel Messias dos Santos Mota, Antonio Carlos Rosa, Carlos Luis Pereira Diniz, Claudinei Silva Santos, Aparecido Manoel, José Carlos Ferraz, Edilson dos Santos de Souza, Carlos de Jesus, Mario Siqueira Mortessi, Edilson Donizete Galindo, Nilson Lopes de Moura, Adilson Silva de Oliveira, Alexandre Soares Padro, Edson Rosa, João Raimundo, Sérgio Wagner, Wanderlei Batista Martins, José Augusto da Silva, Luiz Carlos Santos, Romildo Moreira da Silva, Luis Carlos Pereira, Carlos Araújo de Oliveira, Alexandre Alves, Zenildo Costa, João Gilmar Mendes da Silva, Wilson Felix, Reinaldo Bezerra Duarte, Marcelo da Silva, Walmir de Melo, José Antonio Ramos, Dimas de Lima Vicente, Cícero Fidelis da Silva, Antonio Carlos de Matos, Vilson Custódio, Silvio Silverio Guimarães, Antonio Alves Rodrigues, Joselito Ramos da Costa,