arm and fist. That same day another inmate denounced that he was hit with the shield of a security guard; c) on September 27, 2011 a riot occurred in the education area after an inmate was assaulted by an officer, and the school are was destroyed. Subsequently, some inmates were assaulted by agents of the Justice Secretariat of the State of Espíritu Santo. One of these youths was choked by an agent and fainted three times; d) during visits made in December 2011 and March 2012, the inmates denounced that they are locked up as punishment, supposedly to “reflect,” for periods ranging from days to entire weeks. In addition, on March 16, 2012 one youth complained to the public defender that he was locked up for 22 hours and spent a lot of time without sun and without classes. On this point, the representatives indicated that the information recorded in the Unit’s incident book contains evidence that the practice of using punishment cells continues at UNIS, specifically cell 2 of the Despertar Module 3 and cell 7 of the Despertar Module 2; e) as a result of this situation, several inmates have attempted suicide or self-mutilation: i. on November 14, 2011 the adolescent “C.S.”, from the Despertar Module 3, placed a bed sheet around his neck and threatened to kill himself; ii. according to a report received by the representatives in December 2011, the youth “E.D.”, held in Module 2, was locked up for four days, and in an attempt to force the guards to let him out of his cell he tried to hang himself with a sheet, started a fire in the cell and cut his arm; iii. on December 9, 2011 the adolescent “R.”, held in Despertar Module 2, cut his arms in order to leave the cell after 11 days of confinement. These incidents were not investigated; iv. two adolescents held in the Despertar Module 1, “J.C.” and “J.C.” tried to commit suicide during the first half of December 2011. These attempts were not investigated either; v. on March 6, 2012 the youth “M.S.” of Despertar Module 3 injured himself after “being put into punishment.” This same inmate reported to the representatives on March 14 that he was locked up for five days as punishment, and that his case was not submitted to the Disciplinary Evaluation Commission. He also reported that after the punishment he was transferred to Block C and then to Despertar Module 3 again. In this area other inmates broke the lock to his cell and tried to kill him, but officers came to his aid and he was transferred to Despertar Module 2; vi. on March 9, 2012 the adolescent “F.F.”, of Despertar Module 3, broke the light bulb in his cell and cut himself. The same inmate tried to kill himself by placing a sheet around his neck on March 13, 2012, but the officers came to his aid; vii. on March 14, 2012 the representatives found two inmates, “L.S.” and “A.M.”, of Module C and Despertar 1, who had 6