d.
Swandi Kamara and others: -
Swandi Kamara, Ansua Walli, Bamba Drammeh, fibril Jallow and Abdulraman Baldeh all
complained of being held incommunicado, not allowed leisure and recreation during public
holidays and weekends, and also not being allowed to listen to news.
Immediate Action:
The Special Rapporteur raised the issue of keeping some prisoners in cells with no
elevated platform which results in their placing their sleeping foams on the bare floor. He
explained to the officers that since there are many empty cells, these prisoners could be
transferred to those cells with elevated platform for placing the sleeping foams.
Comments from the Officer:
The officer explained to the Special Rapporteur that:
Some of the facilities of the Security Wing are yet to be fully installed and that this is
why some of the cells did not have the elevated platform.
Some of the prisoners do prefer to place their sleeping foams on the bare floor.
THE REMAND WING OF THE CENTRAL PRISON
MILE II
The Special Rapporteur also visited the Remand Wing of the Central Prison.
Information gathered from the officers:
A total of 76 persons were remanded in custody at the Remand Section of the Central
prison. The remand section serves the following magistrate courts:
• Banjul
• Kanify
• Brikam
• Barra
The prisoners are opened out daily for a total of 4 hours and these are:
From 8.00am — 11.30am, and
From 2.00pm — 3,30pm
Inspection of the remand section:
A tour of the remand section showed that there are six cells within the
Remand section. During the inspection the following problems were observed
:
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