The Prison has a small clinic with one full time nurse. There is no doctor, however, a doctor visits the prison on a weekly basis and inmates with serious medical problems are referred to a nearby public hospital. The most prevalent illness is tuberculosis, and the HIV/AIDS rate is about 4%. Unlike in other prisons, prisoners in the Stanger prison do not have beds. They sleep on mattresses placed on the floor. They are provided with two blankets and two sheets each. However, there are beds in the female section of the prison. The prisoners are also provided with a bar of soap each for a duration of a month. vii) Durban Central Police Station The Durban Central Police Station is located at the heart of the city of Durban, the provincial capital of the Kwa Zulu Natal Province. It is the largest police station in the province and one of the largest in the country. Like most other police stations in South Africa, the Durban Central Police Station deals with all sorts of complaints ranging from theft, murder, economic crimes to assaults and sexual offences. The Police Station has a total of 52 cells which are usually full especially over the weekends. The cells which measure about 3m x 5m each hold about 6 inmates at a time. Suspects are held for not more than 48 hours without appearing before a magistrate to be charged. Before a suspect is detained, they are issued with a copy of their constitutional rights which spell out among others, their right to legal representation. At the time of the visit, the cells were being renovated and as such there were more than 6 inmates in a single cell. The cells had no running water and some of the inmates had not bathed since their detention. There were nine other inmates transferred from the Limpopo Province who had been detained for more than five days and had not bathed since their detention. The cramped cell had a very strong odour, probably due to the fact that the inmates had not bathed. Inmates confirm that they are provided with tea and juice but the authorities do not provide them with cups to drink from. As such, they are forced to use a water container or any other container at their disposal to collect the tea or juice from which they all drink. A cell that does not have a container may not be served with tea or juice.10 The inmates are fed three times a day. The preparation of food has been outsourced to a private company called Sodexho – Natal Food and Management Services. The kitchen and utensils in the kitchen of this company located some 150m from the police station are quite clean and modern. However, some of the detainees complained that the food is of poor quality – no salt, no oil and no meat. The menu obtained from the kitchen (which appears below) seems to suggest that the inmates are properly fed. (See Annex I). 10 It should be noted that this concern was raised with the authorities who promised to provide them with disposable plates and cups. 22 Special Rapporteur on Prisons Mission to South Africa 14 – 30 June 2004