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
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