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FROM
CUBA
Prison
inmates in Cuba decry conditions
HAVANA, September 24 (www.cubanet.org) - "Only
the absence of fire keeps us from thinking we
are in Hell," reads a message from a prisoner
at the Valle Grande prison in Havana.
Seven prisoners, Alexis Quintero, William Terrero,
Oneris Rodríguez, Yarian León, Yordanis
Amaya, Rancel Caballero, and Jorge Luis Osorio,
have been sleeping on the floor in ward 8 for
more than four months now. 36 additional inmates
bunk on straw mattresses placed on the floor.
Osorio said in the message: "The enclosure
has become a cemetery of live men. We are deprived
of all rights."
Another part of the message points out that "the
food is scant and very poorly made; we don't have
access to medical attention. At present we are
suffering from hemorrhagic conjunctivitis and
we don't have water to wash."
The inmates closed the message expressing appreciation
for the pencils inscribed with thoughts by José
Martí sent in by the Group in Support of
Democracy.
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