Ombudsman presented a criminal complaint against the director for torture Inpec

At the request of Ruben Dario Villa detainee during his detention at the penal colony of Acacias-Meta, the Foundation Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners, FCSPP, drew the attention of supervisory bodies and the prison authorities these acts of retaliation in against, on the occasion of the complaints filed with the attorney, for irregularities in the transfers.

According to the information of stopped the retaliation was the lack of medical care to treat kidney problems and prevent their transfer to a detention center near his family, so he was forced to start a hunger strike.

Cases of corruption are common in prisons in the country and come from long ago. A move can cost as testifying inmates between 50 and 200 million dollars and involve senior Inpec.

Despite the monitoring and support that the Ombudsman had been made to ensure the rights of the prisoner was transferred Ruben DarioVilla July 27 by order of the director general of INPEC Psychiatric Annex Modelo prison in Bogota, although he had beenpreviously assessed as mentally healthy and without the full requirements of Article 107 of Act 65 of 1993, which requires legal medical concept for such transfers.

Once he learned of the transfer FCSPP Ruben Dario, requested that it be valued by the physician assigned to the Ombudsman, who issued diagnostic impression of sound mind.

The detainee stayed about a month held in the mental unit of the model, and was taken to courts by order of the psychiatrist, who confirmed that he is not suffering any mental illness.This fact may constitute psychological torture for purposes of retaliation or punishment, inhuman conditions of the place, and the fact pointed out as a person with mental problems.

Torture in prisons remains a systematic practice that remains unpunished. As indicated by the Colombian Coalition Against Torture, in its Monitoring Report on the Recommendations of the Committee against Torture, United Nations, between 2010 and so far in 2011, the Ombudsman's office reported only in Cesar the establishment of high security Valledupar a total of 220 internal complaints against officials of INPEC. Of these, 46 complaints were for physical abuse, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

The facts that gave rise to the criminal complaint left again demonstrated the importance of the Colombian state to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, United Nations, establishing effective mechanisms for protection and prevention of this crime against humanity, detention centers.

Furthermore, the Ombudsman reported that the events were also made aware of Alejandro Ordóñez, Attorney General and Alvaro Faccini, president of Medical Ethics Tribunal, to investigate the behavior of medical personnel assigned to the facility.