Council and iii) the Interdisciplinary Technical Council, which evaluates the inmates’ response to the Technical Assistance Plan. 334 C.1. Regarding the alleged mistreatment of Damas Vega Atencio 233. Damas Vega and other inmates filed a complaint with the Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Comptroller of Services alleging that on July 20, 2006, a search was carried out in the prison during which they were subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, as well as to acts of sexual violence by prison guards. 335 In his statement before this Court, Damas Vega explained that the complaints filed regarding the sexual abuse did not prosper before the administrative or judicial authorities. 336 234. On July 24, 2006, Damas Vega and other inmates of the CAI La Reforma filed a complaint with the Ministry of Justice against the Security staff of Area B. They alleged that on July 20, 2006, they were “frisked” in the genital area by an officer. They also complained that their dormitories were searched and that they were not allowed to be present during the search, stressing the risk that the officers might unlawfully plant illegal substances in their absence. 337 235. On September 29, 2006, the Comptroller of Services of the prison system issued a report on the facts described in the preceding paragraph. Based on interviews conducted with inmates on September 21, 2006, and on the report of the Security Supervisor of Area B, on September 20, 2006, the Comptroller’s Office recommended that “because the incident denounced may constitute a violation of the principles established for search procedures, stipulated in Article 9 of the Regulations for the Search of Persons and Inspection of Property in the Costa Rican Penitentiary System, and the subsequent actions of some officers against the prison population may constitute a breach of the prison staff’s duties, the complaint is brought to the attention of the Director General for the corresponding action.” 338 236. The file contains a document entitled “Notification of rights and reporting of a criminal act,” based on which Mr. Damas Vega filed a criminal complaint on September 24, 2006, for the crime of sexual abuse and abuse of authority against officer “Reyes,” in relation to the acts denounced on July 20, 2006. 339 On October 2, 2006, Mr. Vega requested before the Courts of Justice of Alajuela that the criminal case be extended to include Supervisor Antonio and Inspector Alen, superiors of Mr. Reyes, whom he considered to be the intellectual authors of the crime. 340 237. On November 25, 2006, Mr. Vega filed a complaint with the Sentence Execution Court of Alajuela, against the Area B Security Department of the CAI La Reforma. He alleged that the prison officers used abusive search practices, including sexual touching, which provoked opposition from many inmates, in reference to the events that allegedly took place on July 20, 2006 (infra para. 461). He added that “many prison guards are not informed or aware of Undisputed facts in the State’s answering brief of February 5, 2016 (merits file, folios 1486-1487). Pleadings and motions brief of the common intervenor SIPDH (merits file, folio 516) and IACHR Merits Report 33/14 (merits file, folio 51). 336 Sworn statement of Damas Vega Atencio, of August 3, 2017 (evidence file, folio 44399 and folio 44400). 337 Complaint of July 24, 2006 (evidence file, folios 20829-20833). 338 Final Report and recommendation C.S. 403-06-Inf of September 29, 2006. Comptroller of Services of the Ministry of Justice (evidence file, folio 20839). 339 Complaint of criminal act filed against Officer José Reyes for of sexual abuse and abuse of authority, of September 24, 2006 (evidence file, folios 20841-20842). 340 Brief requesting that the case filed against José Reyes Carrillo also be extended to his supervisor called Antonio and Inspector Alen, of October 2, 2006 (evidence file, folio 20844). 334 335 74