A/HRC/13/39/Add.2 reportedly very high, so that the detainees had to take turns in front of the small opening in order to get enough air to breath. The sewage system had broken down. Detainees had restricted access to water, and were therefore forced to drink water from the toilet. In turn, they had to use plastic bottles or bags to relieve themselves, which were later thrown into the courtyard shared by each module. As a result, the metal containers were surrounded by heaps of garbage, creating an unbearable smell. The detainees were only allowed to go out of the cells for a maximum of four hours a week. Medical attention was not easily obtained; as a result, detainees cut themselves in order to be taken to a doctor. The food provided by the prison staff was practically uneatable. The Special Rapporteur received a vast number of complaints regarding the inhuman conditions of detention, the general treatment, as well as the lack of medical treatment. On the day of the visit, a total of 251 persons were detained in the metal containers. Two or three persons shared each container; (b) “La Isla” is a separate small building with several cells used for the isolation of detainees, whether for security or punishment purposes or for prisoners who wished to be isolated. During the dictatorship “La Isla” was particularly notorious for torture; nowadays the conditions of detention differed from cell to cell, but were mostly in line with international standards. Ten prisoners were held in La Isla the day of the visit of the Special Rapporteur. None of the detainees made any complaints; (c) The “Celdario”, a five-storey brick building accommodating 587 detainees who were held in cells of one to three persons on all five floors. Maximum security facilities were located in the first and fifth floors. Prisoners in the Celdario had more space than in Las Latas, although not all of them had mattresses. The cells were clean and the windows allowed natural light into the cell. However, the regime was equally strict, since the prisoners were only allowed to leave the cell for a maximum of four hours weekly. Most of the time, the prisoners were locked up in their cells without any meaningful opportunities to work, for recreation, to receive training or to do any other rehabilitative activities; (d) In “Las Barracas” 50 prisoners were held, who reportedly were selected on the basis of their good behaviour. They enjoyed the rights to work and study and reportedly had more free space. 64. Besides numerous complaints regarding the inhuman conditions of detention, the Special Rapporteur received many complaints concerning the very intrusive inspections, including the body cavity searches that visitors, including women and children, were subjected to when they visited their family members in prison. An additional complaint received from many detainees was that their families were unable to visit them, since many of them came from places far from Montevideo. 65. When confronted with the inhuman conditions of detention, the Head of the Penitentiary System, who was present during the visit of the Special Rapporteur, strongly defended the conditions as the prisoners held under such conditions were the worst criminals who deserved no better treatment. The interim prison director said that more guards and more technology, including computers, additional surveillance cameras, a computerized medical system, etc. would be needed. Individual cases “Las Latas” 66. Gustavo Figueroa, aged 50, had stomach cancer and reported that he had not received any medical treatment. He added that his family brought medicines during their visits, but the prison guards did not allow him to keep them. GE.09-17655 37