A/HRC/16/52/Add.3 Appendix Places of detention visited and interviews conducted Introduction 1. The Special Rapporteur conducted unannounced visits to detention facilities and was able to hold private interviews with detainees in all facilities he visited. If detainees did not wish that their interviews are recorded, the information provided is only reflected in the general findings of the report. Some detainees only agreed to an anonymous publication of their interviews. Denham Town Police Station, Kingston Visited on 12 February 2010 General Information 2. The Special Rapporteur was received by Superintendent Arthur Brown and Superintendent Hugh Bish. At the time of the visit, 25 persons were in custody, including one convicted person. 3. The police station was equipped with two cells, one small and one large. The smaller cell was completely dark and the larger one had a light in the corridor. Both cells were extremely dirty and the air was hot and stale. Detainees could meet their lawyers in the entrance area of the lock-up. They could receive visits on Sundays and Wednesdays, but they had to speak with their visitors from behind two grills and the entrance area. Thus, the detainees could only communicate with their families by shouting. According to the detainees, wards used pepper spray within the cells very often, up to several times per week. The officers reported that they used pepper spray if the detainees got “boisterous” or if there were fights. The last time batons were used had been, according to the officers, months ago. 4. One of the detainees had been there since 31 July 2008. Remand facilities could allegedly not accommodate them, so they had to stay at the police station. Identification (ID) parades could in principle be done within 48 hours, but often took much longer. Detainees were taken before a judge only after the ID parade. Individual cases 5. Antonio Andersen, (left cell) aged 25, had been arrested on 17 March 2009 at 3:45 p.m. on the street in Kingston. Although he did not resist the arrest, the officers used heavy force and beat him on the head. He was taken to Kingston Rockforth Police Station where he was again beaten on the head and on other parts of the body. He spent the afternoon at that police station, before being transferred to Denham Town Police Station. At the latter, he was handcuffed and hit on the chest and on the head with a large book, in order to make him confess. Approximately three months later, an ID parade was organised. On 3 June 2009 he was taken to court for the first time, where he was charged with kidnapping and raping his girlfriend. At Denham Town Police Station, the officers regularly used pepper spray, which they sprayed indiscriminately through the bars and into the cell. This occurred sometimes as often as three times per week. The police provided the detainees with food, but the food was raw and awful. The water provided made him sick. On Wednesdays and Sundays, the families could visit and bring food. However, the detainees could not talk to 20