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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
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