Luis Robles is beaten in prison for demanding a pair of shoes and locked up in a punishment cell for several days



Luis Robles was beaten by "El Maya" as a punishment for having an altercation with the re-educator "Ramoncito", who was late in delivering him a pair of shoes that his brother had left him in prison because he did not have any. In addition to the beating he received, he was locked in a punishment cell for several days and was threatened with being taken to the Disciplinary Court.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal security and integrity
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Economic and Social Rights
Right to adequate living conditions
Right to property
Perpetrator
Military
Prison system officers
Ministry of the Interior
GPLA/91