A/HRC/13/39/Add.2 vegetables. She further said that she would be allowed to give birth at the hospital, but would have to return to the prison two days after the delivery. She reported that the general treatment by the prison staff was rude. Sometimes they would lock the detainees up in their cells for a whole day. They would not care about the children, there were no diapers available and there was no possibility of conjugal visits. However, conjugal visits were possible for male detainees in the male section at Canelones. The detainees were allowed to have a private meeting with their lawyer once a week. 111. Sonia González, Alba Araujo, Ana Erpi, Mariana Tolededo and Marta Riverino claimed that they were subjected to psychological ill-treatment. Concerning the health services, they indicated that there was a nurse available every day, but that the doctor only came twice or three times a week. If the detainees were five minutes late for their appointment, they were not allowed to go in. They reported that the female guards issued unjust punishments, including deprivation of visits, packages or time on the patio. One other concern was that the women were not allowed to leave the prison to see their children. Finally, they reported the presence of rats and cockroaches throughout the prison. Santiago Vázquez Prison (COMCAR), Montevideo Visited on 26 March 2009 General information 112. The Special Rapporteur was received by the Director of the prison, Comisario Inspector Jose L. Beledo Pérez, and his two deputies. In an open and cooperative manner the Director admitted that everybody knew that “our prisons are terrible”. The prison is the largest in the country and has a capacity of 1,600 detainees. At the time of the visit, 2.768 detainees were held in COMCAR. The major problem was thus overcrowding, as well as a lack of staff. Detainees were held according to classification: in Module 1 (484 detainees) transvestites, transsexuals, homosexuals, and former police and military officers were held. These groups were rejected by the general prison population and needed extra security. Module 2 was a security module with 586 detainees. In total, around 1,000 detainees were held under a security regime. Modules 3 and 4 were general modules. The management could not classify the detainees according to the crime or according to pretrial or convicted status due to a lack of resources. Thus, all kinds of detainees were held together in these modules. First offenders were held in Module 5, in order to separate them from the recidivists. However, some of them might have been detained in an INAU facility earlier. The majority of the detainees in Module 5 were between 18 and 29 years old. A new module consisted of the so-called “barracas”, with large dormitories for around 40 prisoners each. Detainees were transferred there for good behaviour. However, the prison administration had not been able to fill the module because of a lack of detainees with a suitable profile. The barracas had 228 places but there were only 130 to 140 detainees. 113. The prison did not have an area for evaluating detainees since the classification takes place at the Cárcel Central. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays detainees were transported from the Cárcel Central, and they received a medical examination upon arrival. The cells of Module 6 (also called Module 13) were for non-assigned prisoners, for persons who had caused problems and for those who were awaiting their transfer to Libertad. Portón 22 was a checkpoint on the way to Modules 1 to 5. Normally, three to four persons were held in individual cells and up to 10 were held in group cells. In Module 2 the prison used to have calabozos. Due to overcrowding, however, they had to be used as ordinary cells. If the detainees behaved well they could also be transferred to La Tablada. Except for Module 2, there was a generally open regime. The cells were open from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. The detainees could work or study and both primary and secondary education were offered. GE.09-17655 45

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