DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (DCI) - Belgium | Practical Guide Potential (but non exhaustive) list of sources of information includes: ʺʺ the monitoring body itself and the findings that have been gathered during previous visits; ʺʺ reports of other (national, regional or international) monitoring bodies; ʺʺ reports of NGOs or other civil society organizations; ʺʺ scientific research; ʺʺ press articles; ʺʺ testimonies of children who have been deprived of their liberty previously; ʺʺ official reports from key authorities; ʺʺ statistics and data; ʺʺ complaints lodged by children deprived of their liberty; ʺʺ communication with states services that work in collaboration with the facility (social, medical, education services) and different people visiting places where children are deprived of their liberty (spiritual or religious advisors, social workers, lawyers and legal assistants, family or familiar). Information about the visited facility should include, where possible: ʺʺ the number of children deprived of their liberty in this specific setting and its official capacity (to check the overcrowding for instance); ʺʺ the ages, gender and nationalities of children; ʺʺ the grounds on which they have been deprived of their liberty; ʺʺ the status of their deprivation of liberty i.e. whether they are on remand, convicted, retained for immigration purpose, locked up for their own safety-protection-care or because of a mental health problem or disabilities, etc.; ʺʺ the length of time they have been/will be deprived of their liberty in the facility; ʺʺ the authorities responsible and the composition of the management and staff members of the place; ʺʺ the location of the facility and its distance from the nearest town or urbanization; ʺʺ the regime and educational programme applied in the facility; ʺʺ any allegations, complaint received or problem known about the place or about the children deprived of their liberty held there. 62