51 area.104 He was locked in there twenty-four hours a day, in a place without adequate ventilation or light, and he was not given food. He had to pay other inmates to bring him food.105 90.47. Subsequently, Daniel Tibi was taken to the “low attenuated” cell block of the Penitenciaría del Litoral and he remained several weeks in the cell block corridor, sleeping on the floor, until he was finally able to get into a cell by force.106 90.48. On February 19, 1997 Mr. Tibi was placed in the cell block for undisciplined inmates, where he was attacked by other inmates.107 90.49. There was no inmate classification system at the penitentiary where Daniel Tibi was incarcerated.108 90.50. During his detention in March and April 1996 at the Penitenciaría del Litoral, Daniel Tibi suffered physical violence and was threatened, by prison guards, to obtain his self-incrimination;109 for example, he was beaten with fists on the body and in the face; his legs were burned with cigarettes. Subsequently, the beatings and burns were repeated. He also suffered several broken ribs, his teeth were broken, and he received electrical discharges on his testicles. Another time he was beaten with a contusive object and his head was submerged in a water tank. Mr. Tibi underwent at least seven such “sessions.”110 104 See expert opinion of Santiago Argüello Mejía rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004; testimony of Daniel Tibi rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004; and testimony of Beatrice Baruet rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004. 105 See testimony of Daniel Tibi rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004; and compact disk submitted by the representatives el July 7, 2004 (file with documents submitted by the representatives during the public hearing on Preliminary objections and merits, reparations and costs). 106 See testimony of Daniel Tibi rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004; and testimony of Beatrice Baruet rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004. 107 See two event reports to the Director of the Centro de Rehabilitación Social de Varones de Guayaquil by the Jefe de Guías of that Rehabilitation Center on February 20, 1997 (file with appendixes to the brief with preliminary objections, reply to the application and comments on the arguments and motions, leaves 1099 to 1101); and brief addressed by Daniel Tibi to the National Prison Director on February 24, 1997 (file with appendixes to the application, volume I, appendix 2, leaf 092). 108 See expert opinion of Santiago Argüello Mejía rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004; brief addressed by Daniel Tibi to the National Prison Director on February 24, 1997 (file with appendixes to the application, volume I, appendix 2, leaf 092); and testimony of Daniel Tibi rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004. 109 See testimony of Daniel Tibi rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004. 110 See testimony of Daniel Tibi rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004; expert opinion of Carlos Martín Beristain rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 7, 2004; and medical certificate by doctor Philippe Lesprit, head clinical assistant at the Henri Mondor Hospital on January 26, 1998 (file with appendixes to the application, volume I, appendix 2, leaf 73).