A/HRC/16/52/Add.3 conditions of detention were inhuman, the cells at Portmore Police Station were somewhat better than at other police stations. Some detainees reportedly had to wait for more than six months before they went on an ID parade. Individual cases 82. Lynford Brown, aged 19, had been at Portmore Police Station for one week but had not yet been charged. He had been detained with eleven other persons by approximately 40 police officers. All the detainees were ordered to walk in a straight line while the officers pointed their guns or rifles at them. They were taken to the police station, where they had their picture taken. They were all released except for him. He was not allowed any visits or phone calls for two days. His lawyer and family were able to visit him two days later, although he did not receive any of the things they had brought for him. He had not been provided any food or water by the police for three days, and had to rely on other detainees. When his mother visited him, he was taken out to see her. However, he was unaware that because he was waiting for an ID parade, he should not have been seen by anyone. As a result, one of the police officers grabbed him by his shirt, verbally abused him and pushed him back to his cell. He complained that he could not use the showers. He concluded by saying that the detainees were afraid to speak to the Special Rapporteur because of reprisals. 83. Philip Simpson, aged 29, was arrested on 11 January 2010, after he voluntarily went to the police station as a witness on a shootout case in his community. He was not allowed to see a judge or his family until an ID parade was conducted. He thought the police station had been cleaned before the Special Rapporteur’s visit and that he had been expected. Sergeant Marshon was wearing a uniform for the first time and he was allowed to take a shower for the first time in a month. He complained about the arbitrariness of Officers Jarrett Coach and Marshon. 84. Antonio Simpsons, aged 23, was arrested on suspicion of murder but had not been to court yet. He had been successively detained at Bridgeport police station for juveniles, Spanish Town and Portmore, which he judged to be the worst in terms of violence. He thought the ID parade was not run properly and took too long to organise. In his case the witnesses were also detainees, which complicated and slowed down the process. He was beaten once by Officer Coach when he got in a fight with another detainee. Coach beat him with two batons for five minutes while he lay in his cell. 85. Gillry Edwards, aged 20, was arrested on 5 November 2009 on the street in Portmore. He had been at his girlfriend’s place and was on his way home. He was carrying a suitcase with stolen goods, which had been given to him by a friend, when the police, who were travelling in an unmarked car, stopped him. One of the officers pulled out his gun but held it down. He was taken to his place where he lived with his friend. There, he was slapped in the face and beaten on the stomach. Afterward, he and his friend were taken to the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) at Portmore Police Station. Three CIB officers questioned them without the presence of a lawyer or a Justice of the Peace. In the back room of the CIB office they were beaten on the back while handcuffed and lying over a chair. The officers beat Mr. Edwards with doubled-over cables on his back and side and with batons on his back. Afterwards, his neck was swollen, his face was red, he had a mark on his left side and his left arm was bruised. The other officers in the CIB office were laughing and saying that they should kill him. The beating went on for three to four hours; the officers wanted to find out where the stolen goods were from. He and his friend were cuffed to the bars of a window in the office. He was forced to bend down and an officer put a gun in his mouth, threatening to kill them. The officers came from another police station. They stayed handcuffed on the bars the entire night; the handcuffs were extremely tight. In the cell, he had to sleep on the cold concrete floor. He indicated that the cells were infested 37