A/HRC/13/39/Add.2 was put in another cell because the guards knew of the Special Rapporteur’s visit. The guards were not allowed to use those cells as punishment cells, although they did. He also reported that there were detainees who were locked up all the time; they were not allowed to go out and were only given a few minutes to shower. Sometimes the guards did not even allow them to shower, claiming that they were following their superiors’ orders. He noted that because he had been punished for 122 days, he should be transferred to another module. He was in isolation, and when he was transferred to Module 2, he was stabbed and taken to the punishment cells in Module 13. He was also taken to “los ascensores” (the elevators), where the chief guard threatened to transfer him to Libertad. He spent 120 days without receiving any visitors or packages. During that time, he painted a message on the wall for his daughter: “I love you, my angel”. He added that another punishment in this prison was being transferred to a worse module. He complained about the frequent use of crack, which was brought into the prison by the guards. He concluded by saying that there was discriminatory treatment in the prison. He was HIV positive, but did not receive adequate food. 138. Lorenzo Troche Spinelli, aged 58. had been violently attacked a year earlier by other inmates; he did not receive a full medical examination. A month later the doctor diagnosed a fracture of the left hip. He did not know the specific reasons why he did not receive orthopaedic treatment. He could not walk and he was not given a date for an operation. 139. The forensic expert of the Special Rapporteur’s team concluded that the detainee had suffered a fracture of the left hip, with severe atrophy of the left leg. This fracture had to be treated by orthopaedic surgery, probably with replacement of the hip with a metal prosthesis. 140. Umberto Castagnol Rodriguez, aged 52, was transferred to COMCAR one week before the visit. He had been treated well and had no problems in the police station, during the transfer or upon his arrival at COMCAR. He was detained in Module 1 for his own safety and stayed voluntarily in the cell. When he was being transferred, he was in the van with 14 or 15 other detainees who were strip-searched, but not cavity searched, at Portón 22. The whole procedure was very peaceful and he did not report any problems. 141. A male detainee had been injured (stabbed in his arm) by other detainees just a few hours before the visit of the Special Rapporteur. He had returned from the prison hospital and was about to be taken back to his cell. However, the other detainees threatened to kill him. He said that he was with three other prisoners in a cell. They got along with each other well; however, there was a lot of inter-prisoner violence in general. The cells were equipped with a heating system since the temperatures in winter were low. They were allowed to go to the courtyard in the mornings and in the afternoons. Visiting hours were four times a week. He received visits regularly. He reported that the food they received was inedible. He also said that treatment by the guards was more or less acceptable. However, sometimes they would beat up the prisoners, in some cases as a punishment, in others without any reason. Other disciplinary measures were reduction of visiting hours and imprisonment in isolation cells (calabozos) in Module 6/13. 142. Luis Carlos Ledezma Castillo, aged 25, was serving a prison sentence of 6 1/2 years. There were 12 months left until his release. He was caught in Modulo 3 on 25 March at midnight drinking alcohol with other prisoners. He was reportedly taken out of his cell and put in the corridor where he was beaten all over his body by several guards with truncheons. He was then taken to the entrance hall of Modulo 3, where 12–15 guards continued to beat him. After that he was taken to the “boxes” in Module 6/13. He was told that as a further punishment he would be transferred to Libertad. He said had he was afraid to be transferred there because he had already received death threats from detainees at Libertad because of neighbourhood gang problems. GE.09-17655 49