51.   Also on the rise is the number of female inmates.

52.   Twenty other Palestinian women prisoners have also refused to be freed in solidarity with the other female inmates whose release has been opposed.

53.   Serious human rights abuses such as killings, beatings, shackling, shootings, mock executions, and the rape of female inmates were also reported, Ottermann said.

54.   The judge handling the Valencia case requested the transfer, arguing that there is no high security prison for female inmates in Rio.