13. In sum, during the validity of these provisional measures, according to the information provided by the Commission, the representatives, and the State, detainees at the El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement Center continue to be subjected to situations that put them at risk or have directly affected their lives and right to humane treatment. Proof of this are the serious acts of violence that occurred as of the riot of June 12, 2011, which had high human costs, thus making evident the persistence of the situation of extreme gravity and urgency. Additionally, the Tribunal has verified that the level of overpopulation had become worse and that the deficient conditions of security and internal controls subsist, as well as the continuation of the entrance and possession of weapons inside the penitentiary center. 14. Under the circumstances of the present matter and while the State adjusts the detention conditions that affect the inmates, the Tribunal must demand, for the purposes of the present provisional measures, that the State specifically eradicate the risks of violent death and of attacks against the right to humane treatment, for which the measures to be adopted must include those aimed directly towards protecting the beneficiaries’ rights to life and humane treatment, both in their relationships amongst themselves as well as with State agents, and to eradicate said risks, especially with regard to the deficient conditions of security and internal controls of the El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement Centers. 15. In short, Venezuela is the guarantor of the lives and right to humane treatment of detainees at El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II, as well as the other penitentiary centers throughout the country. Therefore, it is compelled to adopt the measures necessary to protect them and to abstain, under any circumstances, from acting in any way that breaches the rights to life and humane treatment of said persons. The Court observes that the actions of state security agents, especially those directed to maintaining discipline or carrying out transfers, must be practiced with strict observance of the human rights of detainees and making all efforts possible to avoid unnecessary acts of force.8 Additionally, given the characteristics of the detention centers, the State must protect the inmates from the violence that, in the absence of state control, may occur among the detainees.9 16. Finally, the Tribunal continues to await official and final information on the number of people who died and were injured in the events occurring as of June 12, 2011 at the El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II Capital Judicial Confinement Centers. 17. Regarding the information submitted by Mr. Humberto Prado on the alleged attacks received by different members of the media (supra Having Seen 7 and 13), the State mentioned that the same would not have any legal grounds, since it was not known if he had turned to Venezuelan authorities to present the respective claims. In this sense, 8 Cfr. Case of the Children Deprived of Freedom in the “Complexo do Tatuapé” of FEBEM. Provisional Measures regarding Brazil. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 30, 2005, Considering Clause number fourteen; Matter of the persons imprisoned in the "Dr. Sebastião Martins Silveira" Penitentiary in Araraquara, São Paulo. Provisional Measures regarding Brazil. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of September 30, 2006, Considering Clause number sixteen, and Matter of the Yare I and Yare II Capital Region Penitentiary Center, supra note 7, Considering Clauses number fourteen and fifteen. 9 Cfr. Matter of the persons imprisoned in the "Dr. Sebastião Martins Silveira" Penitentiary in Araraquara, São Paulo, supra note 8, Considering Clause number sixteen. 8

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