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124. Lenox Swaby, aged 28, had been condemned to death on 28 January 2010. He had
no complains except for the poor quality of the food. Prior to St. Catherine he had been
detained at Horizon and described the conditions there as much worse, mainly because of
the water shortage.
125. Calvin Powell, aged 27, condemned to death. He had been at Mandeville police
station from 16 December 2006 to March 2007. He was then transferred to Horizon, where
he was held from March 2007 to 18 December 2009. From there he went to Central Police
Station until 27 January 2010 and finally taken to St. Catherine. He had been tortured at
Mandeville Police Station. He was beaten several times with a baton during his
interrogation. In addition, he was forced to sit naked on a metallic chair, with his hands
handcuffed behind his back, while he was electrocuted with a cable which was tied to a
light bulb, and water was poured on his body. His testicles were also squeezed, in an effort
to extract a confession. He did not confess and so the officers beat him with batons on his
legs until he could not feel them anymore. He had to sign a document that was later used to
sentence him to death. He had no lawyer. The officers who forced him to sign the paper
were Dalfy Graveney and Kalin McKenzie. When he appeared before a judge, he stated
that the confession had been forced, but the prosecutor laughed. He was then taken to
Horizon, where the detainees were always locked up and in some cases did not have water.
With regard to St. Catherine, he complained about the lack of toilets. He could see visitors
two times per month, but they could only bring clothes. His sentence was being appealed.
126. Jeffrey Perry, aged 35, condemned to death. He had received his final sentence on
16 January 2009 and was taken from Horizon Remand Centre to the Gibraltar 1 block at St.
Catherine’s on 22 January 2009. At times the guards tended to be abusive. At Horizon
Remand Centre, he was once beaten and kicked by four officers in his cell in 2005. He was
not injured. The officers had beaten him as an additional punishment for the crime he had
committed. He had not been ill-treated by the police during or after arrest. When he was
transferred to St. Catherine’s he was interviewed at the reception area, was searched and
received a medical check. He could go out two times per day, in the morning for two and a
half hours and in the afternoon for two hours. He got on well with the other inmates. They
played football, domino, and cards or did exercise. They could get books from the library.
The condemned prisoners were not allowed to have a family day and did not receive any
food from outside. The food they received was not as palatable as he would like it to be but
he was grateful for receiving it. The cells were infested with maggots, rats and cockroaches.
The pigeons under the roof defecated on the corridor, making it a breeding ground for
maggots. Some evil warders would come around the block and tell the condemned that they
soon would be taken to the gallows. It was rather arbitrary if the detainees received
batteries for the TV. There was no guard on the wing and if they had to go to toilet they had
to urinate in a bottle.
127. Garfield Campbell, aged 32, condemned to death. Since 1997, he had been
detained in diverse lock-ups. In 2004, he was released on bail. In 2005 he was finally
sentenced to death. In 1998, he had been severely beaten by police officers at Metcalf
Remand Centre in order to find his weapon. He was beaten with a long piece of iron and the
officers nearly killed him.
128. Peter Dougard, aged 42, was sentenced to death in November 2007 for murder. In
2005, he was detained for one month at Half Way Tree Police Station, where he
experienced a high level of violence. Between 2005 and 2007 he was detained at SP4 of the
Horizon Remand Centre, where he was kept without sunlight and with bad food. In
November 2007, he was transferred to St. Catherine. He complained about the quality of
the food, corruption, lack of work and the hygienic conditions. In the morning and
afternoon, prisoners were allowed out of their cells for 1 to 2 hours each. He claimed to be
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