Relatives of detainees have denounced the precarious feeding conditions in the Tocuyito prison
The NGO Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) denounced this Friday that the State does not offer “proper food” to the prisoners who are in the Tocuyito prison, located in the state of Carabobo, among whom are adolescents detained after the protests. post-election.
«When relatives manage to see their loved ones, they do not recognize them because of the situation they are in, they see them malnourished and pale. The care provided by the State to those deprived of liberty must be comprehensive, with the right to adequate food, health, studies, culture and recreation,” said the director of the OVP, Humberto Prado, quoted in a press release.
Likewise, he said that the detainees’ diet must be balanced and contain a minimum of 3,000 calories, including vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
The OVP maintained that it has received complaints from relatives who report that the detainees eat “a dry and thin arepa, have pasta with meat or rice with meat for lunch, and have grains for dinner,” in addition, that they only drink “water twice a day.”
Likewise, he said that they have documented reports of prisoners with “stomach pains, constant evacuations.”
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Similar situation, continued the OVPhas been registered in a prison in Tocorón in the state of Aragua, where adolescents arbitrarily detained after the post-election protests were also transferred.
On Thursday, relatives and friends of those detained in the context of post-electoral protests in Venezuela requested the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), through an appeal for protection, to review the precautionary measures of the prisoners, who are accused of several crimes such as terrorism and incitement to hatred.
The relatives, accompanied by former opposition presidential candidate Enrique Márquez, also asked the Supreme Court to respect due process for those arrested.
After the post-election protests, the authorities registered more than 2,400 detainees, whom the Prosecutor’s Office accuses of generating “violence” and “vandalism”, while the largest opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), accuses the agents of “repression” of State security in the demonstrations.
The NGO Foro Penal counts in Venezuela 1,905 detainees considered “political prisoners”, 1,767 of them arrested after the presidential elections.
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