A/HRC/16/52/Add.3 the visit. However, the Special Rapporteur still witnessed rats and other vermin within the lock-up. Individual cases 56. A detainee had been arrested one month before the visit of the Special Rapporteur. He had been locked in the cell and had no legal assistance. He complained about being in the cell all day. He was only allowed outside once per day to shower, and had to be taken to the toilet by an officer. He also complained about the quality of the food. His father visited him, but they could not touch each other. He did not report any beatings. 57. Marlon Clarke, aged 28. On 8 January 2010, he was walking in the streets when he heard an explosion and noticed he could no longer feel his foot. He did not know who shot him, but was sure it had not been the police. He was taken to the hospital by a taxi driver. He was then arrested in the hospital and taken to Central Police Station on 13 January. That day was also the last time he saw a doctor. He was prescribed pills and painkillers, but had already used them all a week ago; the pain was so strong that he could not sleep at night. He had asked for an appointment with the doctor but this request has been ignored. 58. André Francis, aged 19, had been arrested in the parking lot of a church by four female and a male officer on 13 February 2010. He was searched and they found marijuana in his ear. One of the women questioned him about his age and address. Since his replies seemed to be wrong, the man beat him on the chest more than five times. He was taken to the Central Police Station and had not been asked anything about the drugs yet. His family visited him the day before the interview and brought him water. He had no lawyer and expected to go to court a few days later. The cell doors remained open all the time since he arrived so he could use the toilets at night. Before that, the juveniles used to be locked inside the whole day. 59. A detainee, aged 48, had been arrested in October 2008 by the Kingfish police and brought to Central Police Station. His father used to sell marijuana, but they arrested him instead of his father. He was hit on the throat by two police officers. Later he was interrogated at Kingfish for over an hour by the same officers. They called him a liar, became angry, and threatened to beat him. He was then taken back to Central Police Station, where he was interrogated once in an office. In April 2009, he had to be operated on due to a hernia at Kingston Public Hospital. 60. Dalton Reid, aged 39, had been arrested in 2005 and taken to Tower Street General Penitentiary until 10 February 2010, when he was taken to Central Police Station. He was not allowed to see a doctor because he was serving a life sentence. He fainted once but was not taken to the hospital and was told to sit on a bench for an hour. He would rather go back to Tower Street, where inmates were treated better. There were five detainees in his cell; he had to sleep on concrete and suffered from the lack of air. He found the guards ignorant and sometimes violent. Detainees usually woke up at 4 a.m. to wash their face; then they received tea and had to go back to the cells until their food came. He knew that the marijuana in Central Police Station did not come from the family or other visitors, who only brought food. 61. H.F., aged 17, was arrested on 31 December 2009 at his home. He was taken to Port Royal Police Station and was accused of having sex with his 15-year-old girlfriend. He had to share a cell with eight adults. When one of them tried to light a fire in the cell, the police officers sprayed teargas and pepper spray into the cell. All the detainees were beaten with batons on the feet while handcuffed on a chair, as a form of collective punishment. However, the general treatment in Port Royal Police Station was better than in Central Police Station. He had been to court four times and the judge decided that he should be transferred to Central Police Station. The officers in Central Police Station ignored the 32

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