A/HRC/16/52/Add.3 Mr. Brown became the new custody officer. The officer who had beaten him had been transferred to another facility. 13. Delmor Johnson, aged 46. He indicated that the police had taken off his clothes and shoes, and that he had been forced to stay without clothes for one month. 14. Kevin Aard, aged 21, had been at the police station since 15 January. He had been at court on 12 February. He had been beaten by members of a private security company, because they thought that he had robbed the girl he had been with. The security officers called the police who took him to the station. He had signed a paper and has pleaded guilty with explanation. The other detainees beat him, but the police officers tried to separate them. 15. Cell 1. There were five persons in the cell. Marlon Morrison indicated that although he had already been convicted, he was still being held at the police station. He had been sentenced to two years hard labour and was awaiting transfer to Richmond Farm Prison. He complained that he had no lawyer. The other detainees noted that legal aid lawyers were a guarantee that detainees went to prison. 16. Cell 3. There were five persons in the cells, and they complained about lice in the cells. 17. Cell 4. There were three persons in the cell. They complained about the concrete beds, the lack of and the quality of the food, as well as the lack of water. They had all been held there between two to three weeks without seeing a judge. 18. Dale Staurus, Mr. Rambaram, Mr. Calvin and Walter Mitchell, cell 6. There were five people in the cell, and they noted that they had not received food that day. They also complained about the bad medical situation and the lack of medication. One of the detainees was an asthma patient, who indicated that he was not always given his medication. There were lice under the beds, although the detainees indicated that the station had been “done up recently”, including fumigation and cleaning. They could receive visitors three times per week, but they could only see them once per week, and they had to talk through the grills. One of the detainees had been there for five weeks without seeing a judge. The detainees did not complain about physical abuse, but noted that they are not always allowed to use the bathroom, forcing them to urinate in plastic bottles. Mr. Rambaram had not been assaulted, but he had seen other people being beaten. He indicated that the cell had been severely overcrowded, but that some detainees were removed the prior week. In addition, the cells were fumigated and the bathroom cleaned. They had not had any water for two or three days. If he behaved well, he would receive good treatment from the officers. Constant Spring Police Station Visited on 13 February 2010 General information 19. The Special Rapporteur was received by Superintendant Altimoth Campbell and Inspector Miller. At the time of the visit there were 30 persons in custody; the capacity of the lock-up was 20. 20. The conditions of detention were extremely bad and the cells were overcrowded. One of the cells, which had been previously used as a punishment cell, but which was now used as an ordinary cell due to the overcrowding, was in complete darkness. There were no toilets or water in the cells. The detention registers were not properly kept; according to the register, women and children had been detained in the police station. Some detainees had 22

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