E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 138 silent, his hands behind his head. It is believed that each time an adolescent broke the silence rule, he was beaten. According to the information received, his mother only saw her son five days later at the BRAZ. Despite the fact that she could not speak to him in private, she reportedly noticed that he was seriously distressed, pale and had a smashed face. He reportedly spent the following eight months between Tatuapé and Saint André prisons, being transferred each time a revolt occurred. It is believed that each time, he was severely beaten, in particular on the legs with wooden sticks. During his detention in Tatuapé, he was allegedly also held in solitary confinement for 15 days, during which time, he was reportedly beaten at each guard duty shift. On one occasion, he was reportedly transferred to a hospital, where it is believed he spent three days, with swollen and bruised arms and shoulders and a wound on his foot. Since April 2000, he is said to be detained at Franco da Rocha. According to the information received, he was beaten after the revolt which occurred there in mid-August 2000. It is reported that he was seen with bruises on his arms. It is believed that the marks result from the fact that he tried to protect his body from the beatings. The length of his sentence is not known. Furthermore, his mother is said to have spent days and nights in front of FEBEM institutions with other detainees’ mothers, and to have been harassed and humiliated by guards and police officers. 300. Nelinda Martin Seli, sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, was reportedly transferred from Cadellon police station to Tatuapé women’s prison in April 2000. It is reported that she has health problems related to menopause and that she is receiving no treatment. According to the information received, she has lesions on her pelvis and femur but, because of alleged lack of means of transport, she cannot go to hospital. 301. L.R.A.L., aged 17, was reportedly arrested by members of the military police on Paia Grande beach on 21 March 1999, allegedly caught in flagrante delicto committing armed assault. His mother was reportedly informed the following night. He reportedly spent 12 days in the police station headquarters of Vila Tupi, commonly known as Sede. His mother is said to have been denied access to him, but was able to give him cigarettes and cookies through the policemen. She reportedly saw him for the first time in Imigrantes in early April 1999. According to the information received, he was very weak, half naked and cold; he could not speak and had to keep his hands and head down during the entire visit. It is reported that the FEBEM authorities decided that he was a psychopath, despite the fact that his mother informed the relevant authorities that her son was on a drug-withdrawal programme. In July 1999, he was transferred to the Internato Nova Conceição after having allegedly been seriously beaten. He was reportedly transferred to several different places of detention during the following months and was allegedly beaten on each occasion. He was reported to have finally been transferred to the Instituçao Claudio Amansio, where he is treated for his drug addiction. It is believed that he was sentenced for an undetermined period on charges of armed assault. The judge who ordered his transfer to the Instituçao Claudio Amansio reportedly decided that he could stay there for one year only. Fears have been expressed that once returned to a FEBEM institution, i.e., in February 2000, he would begin to take drugs again as it is reported that drugs are widely circulating in these institutions. 302. C.O.S., aged 17, was reportedly arrested by members of the civil police on the street in San Martens in February 2000 after having escaped 14 months previously from Imigrantes. He had reportedly been convicted early in 1998 on charges of armed assault. At the time of his first arrest, he was reportedly taken immediately from the police station to Pinheiros, where he was