A/HRC/16/52/Add.3 with cockroaches and lizards. Sometimes there were up to 14 detainees in his cell. He had not been beaten since his interrogation. He did not have a lawyer and thought that nobody would care if he complained about the ill-treatment. His family did not visit him. In the morning, the detainees got one cup of tea and one slice of bread; at 5 p.m. they received two dumplings, one slice of bread and one cup of tea. Every time they re-entered the cellblock, the detainees had to undress entirely in order to be searched for illegal goods. He was sure that he would be beaten again after the Special Rapporteur had left. May Pen Police Station, Clarendon Visited on 16 February 2010 General information 86. The Special Rapporteur was received by Deputy Superintendent Ian Mowatt, Corporal Gayle and Inspector Johnson, Sub-Officer. At the time of the visit, there were 103 detainees in two corridors of 6 six cells each. The maximum capacity of the lock-up was 75 inmates. 87. Together with the Freeport Police Station in Montego Bay, May Pen Police Station displayed the worst conditions of detention of all facilities visited by the Special Rapporteur. Detainees were kept in overcrowded, dark, filthy and awfully smelling cells on both sides of a U-shaped corridor. The darkest cells with the worst conditions were in the back, opposite the foul-smelling toilets and showers. The hygienic conditions were terrible. The cells had no toilets or water inside. Detainees had to urinate in bottles and defecate in plastic bags since they only had access to the toilets twice a day. Food poisoning was reportedly frequent. Some detainees had been held in May Pen for three years. 88. At the debriefing, the Deputy Superintendent responsible for monitoring the lockups, Ian Mowatt, gave a very frank self-assessment of the police station. According to him, the lock-up was constantly overcrowded (capacity 75, de facto always around 100 detainees), had a too-high remand rate (80%), no toilets and water in the cells, insufficient medical care, and not enough light or water. He conceded that there were complaints about excessive use of force by police officers, but stated that there was not enough evidence to bring charges against the officers. In general, he called the conditions “sub-human” and made two important recommendations, which the Special Rapporteur fully supports: Judges should regularly visit the facilities at the police lock-ups; and the responsibility for detaining persons on remand should be taken away from the police. The Special Rapporteur strongly urges the Government to close down this police detention facility. Individual cases 89. A detainee, aged 25, indicated that he had been originally detained at May Pen Police Station. Then he was taken to Horizon Remand Centre, but had been sent back to May Pen. He had been beaten with batons in 2009; beatings were common after searches. He added that the food at Horizon was much better than at May Pen. During the day, he was allowed to go outside in the morning, to use the toilet and clean the cell. However, he had to call the officers to use the toilet at other times during the day. 90. Jeremy Antonio Chambers, aged 27 had been arrested 10 months before the visit of the Special Rapporteur and had been beaten on the way to court. He had additionally been beaten by the police because they found a mobile phone in his cell. During a search four weeks prior, he was beaten with a baton on his shoulder, elbows, and stomach. There were no beatings if the officers did not find any prohibited items in the cells. He suffered from a heart problem and had been taken to the hospital on five occasions. He complained that there was often no water at the station and that there were many people sick with 38