out for receiving visits measuring 9 meters by 6 meters, for a total of 54 square meters, with male and female sanitary installations,145 and also an area for receiving educational instructions, and another for receiving conjugal visits;146 (c) a telephone with a specific timetable for using it;147 (d) items such as documents, photographs, a television, a stereo system, clothes, and implements for their personal hygiene were authorized in the individual cells,148 and (e) a kitchen had been installed in one of the individual cells in corridor “A” which all the detainees could use,149 so that, although the Pre-Trial Detention Center provided a meal service with breakfast, lunch and supper,150 those deprived of liberty could also eat meals provided by their families, or could prepare their own food.151 96. In addition, it is a proven fact that, in the Pre-Trial Detention Center, Mr. Díaz Peña received visits from the members of his family and his lawyers.152 Also, the International Red Cross, the Fundamental Rights Agents, and the Ombudsman’s Office also made visits to the Pre-Trial Detention Center, during which they interviewed the individuals detained there.153 145 Cf. Report of the Head of the Integral Custody Process of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services of April 20, 2007 (evidence file, tome XXV, folios 17161 and 17162). See also Testimony given by Elvis Ramírez before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011, and Testimony given by Raúl José Díaz Peña by electronic audiovisual means before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011. 146 Cf. Report of the Head of the Integral Custody Process of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services of April 20, 2007 (evidence file, tome XXV, folios 17160 and 17161). See also Testimony given by Elvis Ramírez before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011. 147 Cf. Report of the Head of the Integral Custody Process of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services of April 20, 2007 (evidence file, tome XXV, folio 17162). 148 Cf. Testimony given by Elvis Ramírez before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011; Report of the Head of the Integral Custody Process of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services of April 20, 2007 (evidence file, tome XXV, folios 17167 to 17186), and Report issued by the Director General of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services on October 2, 2009 (evidence file, tome XXV, folios 17403 to 17409). 149 Cf. Testimony given by Elvis Ramírez before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011; Report of the Head of the Integral Custody Process of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services of April 20, 2007 (evidence file, tome XXV, folios 17160 and 17161), and Report issued by the Director General of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services on October 2, 2009 (evidence file, tome XXV, folios 17403 to 17409). 150 Cf. Testimony given by Elvis Ramírez before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011; Report of the Head of the Integral Custody Process of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services of April 20, 2007 (evidence file, tome XXV, folio 17161), and decision of November 21, 2005, of the Vice Minister for Legal Security of the General Directorate for Human Rights of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (evidence file, tome XXV, folios 17148 and 17149). 151 Cf. Testimony given by Elvis Ramírez before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011. See also Testimony given by Raúl José Díaz Peña by electronic audiovisual means before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011. 152 Cf. Testimony given by Raúl José Díaz Peña by electronic audiovisual means before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011; Testimony given by Elvis Ramírez before the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011; Decision of November 21, 2005, of the Vice Minister for Legal Security of the General Directorate for Human Rights of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (evidence file, tome XXV, folios 17148 and 17149); Report of the Head of the Integral Custody Process of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services of April 20, 2007 (evidence file, tome XXV, folio 17161), and Report issued by the Director General of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services on October 2, 2009 (evidence file, tome XXV, folio 17405). 153 Cf., among others, Testimony given by Elvis Ramírez before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the public hearing held on December 1, 2011, and Report of the Head of the Integral Custody Process of the General Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services of April 20, 2007 (evidence file, tome XXV, folios 17163 and 17164). 32

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