A/HRC/16/52/Add.3 officers broke two of his teeth in August 2009 and on another occasion. He complained and the National Commission decided to remove these officers from their positions. They also decided he should have his teeth replaced but this had not been done yet. He stated that there was much violence between inmates as well as by the officers. 186. Michael Gammon, aged 38, was arrested in 2000 and taken to St. Catherine. He was then transferred to Horizon into SP12 and finally to Tower Street in November 2009. He stated that he could not associate with the other inmates because they would blackmail him because he came from a very wealthy family. He requested to be isolated. He had a radio in his cell and said the officers were trying to rehabilitate him and were good guys. Security Section H North 187. A detainee, aged 40, had been sentenced to life imprisonment and had spent 14 years in Tower Street. He hoped to be eligible for parole within one year. He complained about the bad prison conditions. There were no toilets, and the detainees had to urinate and defecate into large plastic cans. The toilets and showers in this section were in bad conditions, the food and medicine they received was of poor quality, and they could only receive two visits per month of two to three minutes each. In August 2009 he was heavily beaten by a prison warder for no apparent reason. 188. Omar Facey, aged 27, had spent three years and one month in Tower Street. One of his legs had been amputated in 2005, and he urgently needed medical assistance. He complained that there were no mattresses in his cell. Although visitors often came from far away, they were allowed only short visits of a maximum of 15 to 20 minutes. He noted that the conditions of detention were deteriorating; for example, detainees used to receive toilet paper and soap twice a month, but now they received them only once a month. 189. Raymond Gowie, aged 35, had been at Tower Street since May 2008 and had been previously at Horizon for four years. He preferred Horizon and said that at Tower Street everybody had to pay when there was a problem with an inmate. He also complained about the attitude of the warders. 190. Clive Barige, aged approximately 50. His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on 3 July 1992, with eligibility for parole after 15 years. He had received 14 different dates to go to parole but it was cancelled at the last minute every time. He said inmates were treated like animals. 191. Andrew Turner, aged 36, had been sentenced to 20 years and had served eleven years in Tower Street. For the last four years, he had major problems with his right eye and was afraid of going blind. He had not received proper medical treatment. Prison Hospital 192. Some detainees who had been severely injured during the unrest at the Horizon Remand Centre on 8 February 2010 were held at the prison hospital. 193. Lance Mathias, aged 26, had been in his cell on the 3rd floor in SP 22 at Horizon Remand Centre when the disturbances occurred. Although the other detainees had smashed the locks of their cells, he and his cellmate had stayed in their cells because they did not wish to participate in the violent events. However, prison warders were looking for him by name, and pulled him out of his cell. He had been beaten with an iron pipe by Officer Sente. He had a fractured left jaw and injuries to his legs. The findings of the forensic expert of the Special Rapporteur corroborated the allegations of ill-treatment. 194. Deryck Agan, aged 27, had been in his cell on the 2nd floor in SP 19 at Horizon Remand Centre. He was arrested on 8 May 2009 and taken to May Pen Police Station, where he was beaten so heavily that he sustained a fractured bone on his forehead. On 11 55

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