DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (DCI) - Belgium | Practical Guide ʺʺ the register of solitary confinement (in order to identify children who have been isolated previously, how many times, for how long, where, by whom and how often they have been checked during single separation/solitary confinement); ʺʺ the register of incidents (in order to identify children who may have been the victim or be part of any previous incident or to know when the use of force has been deemed necessary); ʺʺ the complaint register (in order to identify children who have lodged complaints, how the complaint has been handled, in which timeframe, etc.); ʺʺ the medical register (with respect to the medical confidentiality) (in order to assess the proper health care of children and potentially to identify children who might have been victim of any kind of ill-treatment or torture); ʺʺ the register of visits and the register of phone calls or mails (in order to evaluate the level and frequency of contacts children have with the outside world); Monitors will take notice of mentions in margins, notes in brackets, the author of mentions, who has signed or countersigned the register, the empty fields, the regularity of inscriptions, etc. Low records on registers (of disciplinary measures, incidents, etc.) may not indicate positive findings but may actually signify that records are not properly maintained. Other documents of interest could be: ʺʺ staff lists (including their professional background and function); ʺʺ staff working schedules; ʺʺ weekly menus; ʺʺ inspection reports regarding hygiene and sanitation, health care or other; ʺʺ agreements with external actors/organisations; ʺʺ protocol for the prevention of self-harm and suicide; ʺʺ etc. 72