( CNN ) -- Venezuelan national guard troops have rescued some inmates from a prison where a standoff between prisoners and authorities continued Tuesday , but hundreds more remain inside . Armed inmates inside the Rodeo II prison in the northern state of Miranda , east of Caracas , have rejected government calls to disarm since last week . According to the government , a group of about 50 inmates out of 1,000 is behind the resistance . Authorities had already raided another prison , Rodeo I , and seized a number of weapons , drugs and cell phones . Two troops and one inmate were killed in that raid , officials said . On Monday night , a national guard contingent rescued 36 inmates from the `` mafias '' that have control of Rodeo II , the state-run AVN news agency reported . Eleven were injured in the operation . About 3,500 troops were surrounding the Rodeo II prison , the agency reported . The operations at the Rodeo prison complex come a week after a prison riot that left 22 dead . According to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights , the riot reportedly revolved around a fight between rival gangs for control of the prison . The inmates allegedly attacked each other with weapons , the commission said . Details of the situation inside Rodeo II are hard to come by . However , a video that surfaced on YouTube purports to show the scene inside one of the prisons . The video , which was aired by Venezuelan news outlet Reportero 24 , shows what appears to be the inside of a prison filmed by one of the inmates . The date the video was shot and the location where it was shot were not verified . In the video , two white freezers are shown and opened . Inside each , there is one body . `` We have to keep them in the freezer , so they do n't rot , '' the narrator says . He describes the bodies as `` two of the compatriots who have died in the fight . '' If indeed both of the deceased are from inside one of the Rodeo prisons , it would increase the official death toll . As the video pans away from the freezers , noises like gunfire can be heard . The narrator blames officials for firing on the inmates . `` Listen ! We are not lying , '' he says . Conditions in Venezuelan prisons have been the subject of concern for human rights organizations for some time . According to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights , 476 inmates reportedly died in Venezuelan prisons in 2010 and another 967 were injured . From 1999 to 2010 , a total of 4,506 inmates reportedly died and 12,518 were injured , the commission found . As far back as 2008 , the commission had issued orders to reform and regain control of Rodeo I . In another report , the commission found that `` the state has failed to adopt an effective policy to prevent violence within its detention centers '' and that `` Venezuelan prisons are the most violent in the region . '' A recent feature by The New York Times looked at the San Antonio prison in Porlamar , on Margarita Island . The rule of authority had deteriorated so much there , the paper found , that it `` looks more like a Hugh Hefner-inspired fleshpot than a stockade for toughened smugglers . '' The prisoners there run the show , one inmate told the paper . Among the problems that the commission cited were inmates ' possession of weapons , extortion of inmates , overcrowding and lack of medical care . The Inter-American Commission has repeatedly recommended -- and reaffirmed after last week 's riot -- reducing the overcrowd conditions , confiscating weapons , and establishing a division between those who are being prosecuted and those who have been convicted . The commission also recommended better trained guards and better investigations into acts of violence inside the prisons .
A standoff over weapons continues to brew at the Rodeo II prison . A human rights commission has repeatedly called for reforms at prisons . A video allegedly shows a scene from inside one of the prisons .