A/HRC/16/52/Add.3 floor of SP 19 with guns, bars, riot shields and batons in their hands. Some of the detainees had been outside of their cells in order to get water. They were making a lot of noise because of the lack of water and the food. In the days before the disturbance, the detainees had received only one bucket of water for each cell. There was no water that day, and the stench from the toilets had become unbearable. The food, which should be distributed three times per day, came once at 4 p.m. The detainees who were outside their cells started shouting and cursing at the warders, and refused to get back to their cells. The warders then started to beat them. The warders and soldiers forced open the locks on the cells and ordered the rest of the detainees out, but he refused to come out. Officers Darkins, Facey and an officer called “Busthead” came into his cell and hit him and two cellmates with iron water pipes, long sticks and batons, while the soldiers stood outside of the cells pointing guns at them. However, they still refused to leave their cells. He was beaten for approximately one minute on the right shoulder, the left elbow and the left knee. The object he was hit with on the knee was a tall, round, hollow iron pipe. The iron pipe had caused a hole in his knee. When he fell to his knees, he was beaten on the arm and shoulder with a long, round wooden stick, with a diameter of approximately 7 cm. and over one meter in length. Officer Facey hit him on the head with an iron pipe and he fainted. He woke up in the public hospital at night with a nosebleed. There was a lot of blood on him. Since there were so many injured detainees at hospital, he was not properly treated and was sent back the very same evening. He received stitches on his knee and on his head. All of his belongings were destroyed and his clothes were soaked with blood and water. Officer Darkins came to the medical unit at Horizon, and asked if he was dead yet. He reported Officer Darkins to the Commissioner of Corrections, who removed him from the medical unit. Some people came to question the detainees the day before the visit of the Special Rapporteur and asked them why they had smashed the place. They did not explain who they were and talked to the detainees individually. He was certain that the warders would continue to abuse the detainees, as they had been beaten often before the unrest. He had been beaten three times since he came to the remand centre in early 2004. Sometimes he was taken to court, and although he had a legal aid lawyer, he did not see him often. Detainees had no access to telephones. Sometimes he could see his family through a glass. His family brought him food and other things, which were often stolen. The warders sold marijuana and mobile phones to the detainees. He had not seen the Public Defender. All the warders who were involved in the beatings during the unrest were still on duty. Women’s Section 38. There were two girls downstairs in the women’s sector for being “uncontrollable”, and a British woman at the first floor awaiting deportation. The facilities were fairly spacious and had a door leading to the open air with some space to walk or do exercise outside. 39. In the section for boys, 28 boys were held in eight cells. The boys stated that they could go out of their cells into the main area from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. In addition, they were sometimes allowed to play football outside. 40. T. M., aged 15, was arrested on the street in February 2007 after running away from the children’s home, and had spent three days at a police station in Kingston. She had received a three-year sentence for “uncontrollable” behaviour by the Family Court, which she had to complete at Horizon. The last time she had been beaten was on 25 October 2009. She was normally beaten when she refused to go back to her cell. She could mix with adult women, but not with men or boys. Her father was dead and her mother had left for England, although her aunt and grandmother visited her every Saturday. She could only see them for about five minutes. At the time of the visit of the Special Rapporteur she and P.F. were locked down and could not leave their cells or go outside to the fresh air. They watched TV all day and night, with the volume fully on. 28

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