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ii.
prison guards were trained in the school for the formation of correction
officers “Don Cristóbal Hurtaro”, in a four-month intensive course, with
emphasis on Human Rights among other aspects, and
iii.
in relation to the violent incidents, there have been, between April,
2006 and July, 2007, apparently 40 deaths as well as no less than 60 persons
injured. Specifically, in relation to the violent incidents, in April, 2006, 6
persons were injured and 4 deaths; in May, 2006, there were 3 persons
injured; in June, 2006, there were 7 persons injured and 6 deaths; in July
2006, 1 person was injured and 1 died;
in August 2006, there was,
apparently, 1 person injured; in September, 2006, there were 7 injured
persons and one death; in October, 2006, there were 4 injured persons;
There is no register regarding the incidents of November and December,
2006; in January, 2007, there were 5 persons injured and 1 death; in
February, 2007, there were between 2 and 4 persons injured; in March,
2007, there have been 7 persons injured and 3 to 6 deaths; in April 2007,
there have been 6 persons injured and 5 deaths; in May, 2007, there have
been 1 person injured and 3 deaths; in June, 2007 there have been 5 persons
injured and 5 deaths; and in July, 2007 there have been 11 persons injured
and 6 deaths.
b)
In relation to the obligation to adopt such measures as may be necessary to:
a) confiscate weapons in the possession of inmates, b) separate indicted inmates
from convicted inmates and c) bring the conditions of confinement at the prison in
line with the international standards on the matter, supervising the conditions of
confinement and the physical condition and emotional state of the inmates, with the
participation of the representatives, that:
i.
regular and extraordinary searches were conducted inside the prison
whereby the authorities have confiscated firearms, ammunitions, prison-made
weapons, prohibited objects, explosives, volatile and psychotropic substances
and narcotics;
ii.
by June and July, 2006, there was an “effective separation” between
convicted inmates and indicted inmates, since Yare I only housed convicted
inmates and Yare II housed indicted inmates Regarding the indicted inmates
who are confined to Yare I, they are subjected to the review of their
convictions or their sentence calculation is still pending, and they are under
the custody of the courts on Execution of Judgments’ issues. With respect to
the convicted inmates who are confined to Yare II, they are still waiting for
their Writs of Execution to be final in order to be transferred to Yare I;
iii.
Yare I has the capacity to house 680 inmates, while Yare II was built to
house 750 inmates. In August, 2006, the total population of the Yare prison
was of 560 inmates, 132 of them were indicted inmates and 428 convicted
inmates; in September 2007, there were 423 inmates in Yare I, 26 of them
were indicted inmates, 355 convicted inmates, 12 foreign and 30 of the
working prison population. In Yare II, there were 283 inmates, 279 of them
were indicted inmates and 4 were foreign;
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