E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 121 left ear. The warders allegedly threatened that if he told the technical assistant, they would beat him again. Nonetheless, he spoke to the technical assistant who reportedly took him to the doctor based at the institution. The doctor and a guard took him to hospital. There he was diagnosed with a punctured eardrum. He was told to keep his ear dry and to take medication for a week. He was reportedly only given medication for two days and not provided with cotton to keep his ear dry. His face is also said to have been swollen. A week later, the wardens reportedly accused him of having tried to kill another adolescent. It is believed that the accusation is related to the fact that he had spoken to the technical assistant about the beating. The warders on duty are said to have come into his cell every morning for about a week and to punch him in the chest and face. He reportedly went to the nurses station. As a result of the beatings, he is still said to be suffering from earache. 234. Carlos Moreira Mendonçu Alves had reportedly been transferred to Padre Severino at the end of July 2000. Several days after his arrival, he was said to have been handcuffed and taken to the swimming pool by the director of discipline, the deputy director and another warden. They reportedly beat him with wooden sticks and a wooden board, shattering a bone in his left arm. He was said to have been beaten for more than an hour. They reportedly threw him into the deep end of the pool. When he managed to get to the shallow end, they are said to have pulled him out of the pool and to have thrown him in again at the deep end. They reportedly repeated this three times. When they realized that his arm was swollen, they allegedly beat him in the face. They reportedly took him to the hospital, where they said that he had fallen off a wall. 235. T.N., aged 16, was reportedly beaten for about an hour by the director of discipline of Padre Severino, and another employee of this institution on 23 August 2000. Some of the detainees had allegedly taken out the light bulbs of the cell to light cigarettes. The two men are said to have entered the cell, thrown T.N. on the floor and hit him on the left side of his face, back and chest, inter alia with a wooden board. He reportedly told them that the doctor had said that they should not step on his chest as he had a congenital deformation of the chest, but they allegedly continued to beat him on the chest. 236. S.A.M., aged 16, and three other detainees in Padre Severino juvenile detention centre were reportedly talking during lunch-time in the dining room on 28 August 2000, when four guards are said to have taken them to the side of a corridor where no one could see them. They were allegedly beaten in turns for having spoken too loudly. S.A.M. was said to have been handcuffed and beaten on the face and punched in the chest. At the time of the interview (29 August), marks consistent with his allegation were still visible. 237. J.L.M.M., aged 17, a detainee at Padre Severino detention centre, was reportedly given a torn coat on 7 August 2000, and then accused of tearing it. Other detainees were reportedly taken out of the room where he was. Two warders allegedly kicked him and punched him in the face and stomach. They are said to have threatened him that if he told the technical assistant, they would beat him more. At the time of the interview (29 August 2000), a large bruise on his head consistent with his allegation was still visible.