Cell The 3 inmates had not eaten anything by the time of my visit in the afternoon. One of them was brought food by his brother the previous day, but they got no food from the Police. v) Bundung Police Station Corporal Chermo Gebba was in charge of the station. There was only one person in custody. As he was Mandinka-speaking with no knowledge of the English language, I was forced to turn to the Corporal in communicating with the suspect. He had been taken into custody earlier in the day, and did not have any complaint to make. Corporal Gebba stated that the most notorious cases brought to the station were assault with bodily harm, and the suspects were dealt with speedily. 3 suspects had been taken to court that day, and these had been remanded at Mile 2. Criminal Investigation Department (C.I.D.) of the station. The officer here proclaimed that suspects were not beaten. This was confirmed by two suspects who were in custody. Wednesday 23 June, 1999 JESHWANG PRISON Mr. Udeme Essiem, Legal Officer and Mrs. Sarr, Information Officer, both of the Secretariat of the Commission joined me at this stage of the work. Superintendent, Agnes Rose Klu, the Officer in charge of Jeshwang Prison, welcomed us heartily to The Gambia generally and to her prison in particular. The capacity of the prison was given as 200 although it had 119 inmates at the time of the visit. All of them were males. Female prisoners are kept at Mile 2. First and second offenders with short sentences are sent to this prison. It is a sort of a camp, which was established during wartime. It was being kept neat and tidy. Food The inmates were served meals three times a day. Breakfast consists of porridge with milk from Monday to Saturday; and tea, bread and butter on Sunday. Rice is served for lunch everyday, and cherreh (maize meal) with stew for dinner each day. Jollof rice and fish were being prepared for lunch on the day of the visit. The inmates also helped themselves liberally to mangoes which were in abundant supply from the many trees on the very big compound of the prison. So plentiful were the mangoes that parcels of them were kept in the cells by the inmates; and school children were allowed to collect some. Oranges, pawpaw and sweet potatoes were also to be found on the compound. 12