5 2. That Article 63(2) of the American Convention establishes that, “In cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court shall adopt such provisional measures as it deems pertinent in matters it has under consideration. With respect to a case not yet submitted to the Court, it may act at the request of the Commission.” 3. That Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure, establishes the following as regards this matter: 1. At any stage of the proceedings involving cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court may, at the request of a party or on its own motion, order such provisional measures as it deems pertinent, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the Convention. [...] 3. In contentious cases already submitted to the Court, the victims or alleged victims, their next of kin, or their duly accredited representatives, may present a request for provisional measures directly to the Court. [...] 6. The beneficiaries of provisional measures or urgent measures ordered by the President may address their comments on the report made by the State directly to the Court. The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights shall present observations to the State’s report and to the observations of the beneficiaries or their representatives. [...] 4. That Article 74(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights establishes the following: “The Commission may request that the Court adopt provisional measures in cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when it becomes necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons in a matter that has not yet been submitted to the Court for consideration.” 5. That the provisional measures granted by Orders of the Court dated November 22, 2004, June 18, 2005 and March 30, 2006 (supra Having Seen Clauses 1, 4 and 6) are in force. 6. That on March 24, 2007, the representatives filed before the Court -pursuant to Article 63(2) of the Convention and Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure- a “request to broaden” the provisional measures granted, so as to extend the same to those persons who have been deprived of their liberty at the Complejo Penitenciario III (Almafuerte) (III Penitentiary Complex –Almafuerte-,) located at Cacheuta, “taking into account that the persons that are deprived of their liberty at the Mendoza Penitentiary are being referred to this new detention center” (supra Having Seen clause 8.) The representatives expressed, inter alia, that in Sectors I and II the inmates are subject to 21-hour confinement in individual cellblocks. As regards health conditions, several inmates reported the lack of medical treatment and also requests for medical assistance that have not been addressed. There is almost no communication with the penitentiary agents, and such officers refuse to refer requests for hearings and habeas corpus petitions. There are several inmates fasting to protest because they denounce that cannot communicate with their families. They are not allowed to have radios, watches or television sets. Searches are carried out by “stripping visitors and inmates and they include rectal tact,” as a condition to let the visitor in (supra Having Seen Clauses Nº 8, 9 and 11.) Furthermore, they sent a copy of a “corrective writ of habeas corpus” filed with regard to the inmate Carlos Molina-Ponce, who might be incarcerated in the Complejo Penitenciario III (Almafuerte) (III Penitentiary Complex –Almafuerte-,) “since his detention, conditions have seriously worsened and they requested such