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iii.
the facilities of the Yare Prison are totally abandoned. During the visit
of May 5, 2006, it could be appreciated that there were broken walls, sewage
all around and deteriorating conditions. The construction of the building
known as "Yare III" should have been completed by November 2006;
however, by such date, the construction was, practically, at the initial stage.
During the visit of October 21, 2007, it could be noted that the physical
conditions of the prison are absolutely sub human and that its deterioration is
evident and of extreme seriousness, particularly in the area of the kitchen.
Besides, there are no bathrooms in the confinement area;
iv.
the inmates
quality of the food
the inmates only
minutes during the
expressed nonconformity with the little amount and bad
served; furthermore, the water supply is restricted since
have 60 minutes during the morning and another 60
evening to use it;
v.
the periodic supervision of the confinement conditions and the physical
and emotional state of the inmates, with the participation of the
representatives, has not been exercised;
iv.
the cultural, educational and hygienic activities are insufficient, shallow
and do not tend to resolve, structurally speaking, and the sub human and
degrading conditions of the prison;
vii.
in relation to the health seminars, these are irregular and shallow, so
that they do not represent a solid and structural measure in order to
guarantee the right to health of the inmates and the minimum health
conditions for the protection of their lives and their personal integrity. In the
physical area called “nurse's station", there is a shortage of supplies to assist
the inmates and there is only one doctor for a population of approximately
700 inmates;
viii.
in the area of education, the measures are not sufficient to accomplish
the social re-insertion of the inmates since the educational initiatives
proposed by the State are informal and the percentage of inmates that attend
such activities is very small;
ix.
with regard to the legal advice area, the inmates demand the
fulfillment of procedural time-limits. There is great disconformities, on the
part of the indicted and convicted inmates, with regard to the proceedings
carried out beyond the regular procedural deadlines; the granting of
procedural benefits and the Alternative Measures for the Compliance with the
Sentence and the presentation of the psychosocial examinations, and
x.
in the sports area, the inmates stated that there are no activities
formally organized by the State, oriented to the realization of sports activities.
c)
As to the adoption of the steps necessary in order for the measures of
protection ordered for the benefit of the people held in custody in the Yare Prison to
be devised and implemented with the participation of the representatives of the
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