67 134.10 The lack of beds and mattresses, combined with the overcrowded conditions, provided an enabling environment for sexual abuse among inmates.74 134.11 Inmates at the Center engaged in quarrels and fights, which sometimes involved home-made weapons.75 The inadequacies of the Center’s educational program 134.12 The Youth and Adult Education Center No. 118, an institution certified by the Ministry of Education and Culture, ran a formal educational program at the Center.76 The program, however, was seriously flawed, as it did not have sufficient given by Ms. María Teresa de Jesús Pérez in the presence of a person with legal authority to authenticate documents, March 30, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, representatives’ appendix, folio 260); testimony given by young Francisco Ramón Adorno in the presence of a person with legal authority to authenticate documents, March 26, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, Commission appendix, folio 180); report of the Coordinator of Human Rights of Paraguay (CODEHUPY), “Human Rights in Paraguay, 1996” (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 55, folio 648); testimony given by Ms. Dirma Monserrat Peña in the presence of a person with legal authority to authenticate documents, March 30, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, representatives’ appendix, folio 229); testimony given by young Osmar López Verón in the presence of a person with legal authority to authenticate documents, March 26, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, Commission appendix, folio 190). 74 Cf. Report of the Coordinator of Human Rights of Paraguay (CODEHUPY), “Human Rights in Paraguay, 1996” (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 55, folio 648); psychological report on young Sergio David Poletti Domínguez, in Case File No. 383 from 2000, titled “Preliminary inquiry into alleged punishable crimes (intentional homicide and grievous bodily harm) - Panchito López,” prepared by the Criminal Court of First Instance, Eighth Rotation (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 20, volume II, folio 687); testimony given by young Osmar López Verón in the presence of a person with legal authority to authenticate documents, March 26, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, Commission appendix, folio 191); testimony given by Ms. Mirtha Isabel Herreras Fleitas at the Office of the Chief Government Notary of the Republic of Paraguay, March 23, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the InterAmerican Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, the State’s appendix, folio 73); testimony given by Mr. Juan Antonio de la Vega Elorza before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at the public hearing held on May 3, 2004. 75 Cf. expert opinion given by Mr. Mario Torres before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at the public hearing held on May 3, 2004; July 16, 2001 letter from Mr. Eustacio Rodríguez Benítez, Director of the ‘Panchito López’ Center, to Dr. Marciano Rodríguez Baez, Director General of Penal Institutions (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 28, folios 417-421); July 17, 2001 letter from Mr. Eustacio Rodríguez Benítez to Dr. Silvio Ferreira, Minister of Justice and Labor (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 29, folio 422). 76 Cf. testimony given by Ms. Teresa Alcaráz de Mencia at the Office of the Chief Government Notary of the Republic of Paraguay, March 25, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims��� representatives, State appendix, folio 21); testimony given by Mr. Michael Sean O’Loingsigh at the Office of the Chief Government Notary of the Republic of Paraguay, March 23, 2004 (file of written statements supplied by the State, the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representatives, State appendix, folio 42); December 6, 2002 report prepared by Ms. Teresa Alcaráz de Mencia, Teaching Supervisor for Zone 14, for Ms. Lorenza Duarte, Director of Youth and Adult Education at the Ministry of Education and Culture, concerning education at the Itauguá Center (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 22, volume III, folio 852); document titled “ ‘Col. Panchito López’ Juvenile Reeducation Institute [...] 1998 Report” (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 13, volume I, folio 285).