A/HRC/13/39/Add.2 11. J.N., aged 17, was arrested on 11 January 2009. During the arrest, he was slapped on the head by police. He had previously been detained at La Casona, from where he escaped after one week. Shortly after, he was re-arrested and transferred to Las Puertas, and later to Las Piedras. He has been sentenced to one year’s deprivation of liberty. He reported that he suffered from high blood pressure, but did not receive medical attention. He also noted that there was no ill-treatment at Las Piedras, but that the conditions were very difficult and there was a total lack of activities. In addition, he mentioned that the detainees received medication through forced injections when they become agitated, and that he took sedatives and sleeping pills. 12. J.M.F.P., aged 16, convicted of homicide, was held at Las Puertas for five months, and had been in a calabozo for seven days. He was punished by the General Coordinator (Saul) for refusing to go into his cell and was reportedly punched in the mouth and nose. He was not allowed to go outside his cell, either to use the sanitary facilities or to go to the patio. He noted that breakfast and lunch were eatable, but complained that he did not receive food in the evening. He also indicated that because there was nothing to do, such as studying or reading, the detainees were forced to “stare at the walls”. He had no problems with the female guards, but there was tension with the male guards because they sometimes would beat them. 13. A.O.P.L., aged 17, was detained for violent robbery and had 17 months left to complete his prison sentence. He had a scar on his scalp because he was beaten on the head during a riot. The GEO Special Police Force entered the facility shooting rubber bullets, and they broke the television. He was shot five or six times. According to him, the riot started because the guards were corrupt and would spit in their food. He reported that they were given plastic bags to defecate. With regard to food, he said that they were not given any meat, and he believed the guards would hide it from them. If they tried to escape, they were shot with live ammunition by the police guards stationed outside the facilities. Finally, he explained that during the day, the situation was more relaxing because there were female social workers, but tension rose at night when the male social workers arrived. 14. J.S., aged 15, convicted of homicide, had been detained at Las Puertas for seven months and still had one year of imprisonment left. He fought with another detainee in the bathroom, and as a punishment was beaten by the male social workers with wooden sticks. His mother was not able to visit him because she lived far away, and as a result he had not received any visitors in more than a month. He explained that he was allowed to use the telephone once a week. He wished that the overall conditions were better, particularly that the walls were be painted and the bathroom fixed. He indicated that he was addicted to crack (pasta base) and had tried to escape to obtain some. 15. F.D.P., aged 18, had been detained for 5 1/2 months. He complained about the terrible conditions at Las Piedras and the very poor quality of the food. He also noted that the detainees had to urinate in plastic bottles because the social workers did not take them to the bathroom in time. On 19 February, the detainees had started a riot because they were allegedly being served “cooked rats” and because the social workers had spit in their food. He reported that three officers from the GEO Special Police Force entered his cell with sticks and shields. He was hiding under the bed and was ordered to leave the cell. When he refused, one of the officers shot him with rubber bullets, twice in his right arm and twice in his right knee. He was then handcuffed and dragged downstairs, were he was beaten with sticks by three police officers, until he started to bleed. He said that the rubber bullet wounds burned very much and the area around the wounds was swollen for two days. He was reportedly taken to see the doctor three weeks after the incident. According to him, approximately 20 other detainees were shot during the riot. After the riot, all detainees were forced to stay in their cells for one month and they only received milk and bread. Because GE.09-17655 27