8 10. Ixel Medina Contreras: Silvia Contreras (mother), age 65; María de la Cruz Medina Contreras (sister), age 36; Lilian Victoria Medina Contreras (sister), age 38; and Evelyn Mareicela Hernández (common law wife), age 31. 11. Allan Antony Carrasco: Aida Rodríguez Soriano (mother), age 57; Margarito Carrasco (father), age 73; and Arlyn Karina Carrasco Arce (daughter), age 10. 12. Wilmer Alexander Leiva: Brenda Elena Leiva (mother), age 46; José Osmin Rodríguez (stepfather), age 42; Ángela Yessenia García (sister), age 13; Luis Ramón Leiva (brother), age 16; Diana Guadalupe García (sister), age 9; Wendy Lorena Leiva (sister) age 24; and Lesbia García (sister), age 19. 13. Gerson Magdiel López Paz: Doris Esperanza Paz Santos (mother), age 53; Moisés Zepeda (brother), age 20; Jonathan Uriel (brother), age 14; and Doris Gissel Zepeda Claros (sister), age 14. 14. William Antonio Reyes: Rosa Isabel Flores Peña (mother), age 53; Abencio Eleazar Reyes (father), age 58; David Reyes (brother), age 26; Gerardo Reyes (brother), age 20; and Sonia Reyes (sister), age 29. 15. Darwin Geovany López Paz: Doris Esperanza Paz Santos (mother), age 53; Moisés Zepeda (brother), age 20; Jonathan Uriel (brother), age 14; and Doris Gissel Zepeda Claros (sister), age 14. 16. David Javier Urrea: Alicia Reyes Argueta (grandmother), age 86. 17. Wilfredo Reyes: Sandra Lorena Ramos Carcamo (common law wife), age 26; Maryuri Nicolle Reyes Ramos (daughter), age 6; Andrea Michelle Reyes Ramos (daughter), age 8, and Keilyn Carina Reyes Ramos (daughter), age 10. 18. Manuel Armando Cortés: Manuel Armando Fuentes (father), age 57; Ninfa Luz Cortés (mother), age 62; Ninfa Estefany Cortés (niece), age 13; Michael Steven Cortés (nephew), age 9; Paola Nicole Cortés (daughter), age 9; Angie Dolores Cortes (son), age 8); and Erick Ariel Cortés (son), age 4. B. The State 26. As noted in the section on the processing of the petition, in the instant case the State abstained from submitting any observations on the merits. However, the principal arguments it made in support of its position prior to the adoption of Admissibility Report No. 78/08 can be summarized as follows: (a) The State does not take issue with the fact that in general, the prisons in Honduras, especially those in the cities of Tegucigalpa and San Padre Sula, have structural problems. By the State’s account, those problems are due to the country’s shortage of human and material resources. It points out, however, that considerable investments have been made to remodel the physical structures of some prisons and to better feed inmates. (b) Another fact the State does not dispute is that on May 17, 2004, a fire broke out in Cellblock 19 of the San Pedro Sula Prison; the cause of the fire was the worn and shoddy condition of the electrical system, and the excessive number of electrical