e) The armed confrontation was among the prisoners themselves, settling accounts and fighting for the internal control of the establishment; f) On January 27, 2013, the national authorities with competence in prison matters had proved that the State’s security forces had never entered the establishment and that the Bolivarian National Guard were unarmed, carrying only anti-riot shields and gas masks; g) When the exchange of shots finally ended and the prison population had calmed down, members of the Custodial Rapid Response Group (GRIC) of the Ministry of People’s Power for the Prison Service, accompanied by the Bolivarian National Guard, had re-taken total control of the prison, immediately evacuating the prisoners who had been injured to transfer them to a hospital to receive prompt and adequate medical attention, and also evacuating the deceased victims who had been shot or killed by sharp instruments; h) The official figures are 58 persons deceased and 95 injured, of whom 49 were discharged from the hospital within 48 hours of the incident; i) The State had covered the total burial expenses of all those who died; j) The decision had been taken to evacuate most of the prison population interned in the Penitentiary Center of the Central Occidental Region and 2,003 men and women deprived of liberty were transferred to other prisons throughout the country, including the Yaracuy Judicial Detention Center, the Trujillo Judicial Detention Center, the Aragua Penitentiary Center, the Penitentiary Center of the Llanos Occidentales, the Coro Penitentiary Community, the General Penitentiary of Venezuela, the Maracaibo National Prison, the Barinas Judicial Detention Center, the Occidente Penitentiary Center, the Rodeo I, the Barcelona Judicial Detention Center, INOF, the Occidente Penitentiary Center (for women), the Carabobo Penitentiary Center, the Tocuyito Judicial Detention Center, the Nueva Esparta Judicial Detention Center, and the Cumana Judicial Detention Center; k) The inspection procedure was conducted after those deprived of liberty had been removed from the Penitentiary Center of the Central Occidental Region and not before the acts of violence; l) According to a newspaper article that was provided, a considerable amount of weapons and ammunition that were found on the prison premises had been seized; this consisted of 106 guns, 27 revolvers, 5 shotguns, 62 pistols, 4 submachineguns, 8 assault rifles, 4 guns made by the prisoners, 15 grenades, 1 rifle, 108 pistol magazines, 24 rifle magazines, 1 pistol clip, 8,568 pieces of ammunition of different calibers, 258 spiked sticks, and 22 knives, and m) In August 2012, a total of 2,456 persons were deprived of liberty in the Uribana Prison. 7. First, it is pertinent to recall that Venezuela is in a special position as guarantor of the life and personal integrity of the persons deprived of liberty in the Penitentiary Center of the Central Occidental Region, as well as in the country’s other prisons. Consequently, the State has the obligation to take the necessary measures to protect and ensure the right to life and to personal integrity of those deprived of liberty and to abstain, in any circumstances, from acting in a way that leads to a violation of their life and integrity. Thus, the obligations that the State, as guarantor, is bound to assume include the adoption of measures that help maintain a climate of respect for human rights among the persons deprived of liberty, avoid the presence of weapons within the establishments in the hands of the inmates, reduce overcrowding, establish the minimum detention conditions compatible with their dignity, and provide sufficient trained staff to ensure an 5