A/HRC/4/33/Add.3 page 12 members; being forced to kiss objects, such as furniture, boots of guards or eat food from boots of guards; forced to shout insults at oneself; and forced to mime out various acts in front of an audience of guards or prisoners. 33. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur heard a number of allegations of excessive use of force during the prison riots in March and April 2006. 34. The Special Rapporteur bases his findings on a wide array of sources, including written information, interviews with over 40 detainees (some of whose cases are included in the appendix), forensic medical evidence gathered, and meetings he held with prison officials, the NCHR, NGOs and lawyers. 35. The Special Rapporteur confirms that the practice of torture is routine in GID and CID. Given that these two facilities were the ones most often cited by various sources of information as the two most notorious torture centres in Jordan, on the basis of the consistency and credibility of evidence gathered, including forensic evidence corroborating beyond any reasonable doubt, and taking into account the deliberate attempts by the officials there to obstruct his work,7 including the denial of the possibility to assess allegations by interviewing detainees in private in GID and the attempts by the CID officials to hide evidence, he cannot come to a different conclusion. 36. Within the Correction and Rehabilitation Centres, with the exception of the Juweidah (Female) Centre, the Special Rapporteur concludes that cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment is widespread. Contrary to statements by officials that such incidents were isolated, the Special Rapporteur found a certain level of organization, for example, specific cells were unofficially designated and well known within a facility as places of punishment; and senior prison staff condoned, or acquiesced the ill-treatment meted out to detainees, for example, by permitting the organization of “reception” parties for incoming detainees. 37. It was regularly pointed out by officials that the philosophy of humanity and rehabilitation of prisoners was a hallmark of the Jordanian penal system. Upon visiting the Al-Jafr Correction and Rehabilitation Centre in the south-east of the country, it was apparent that this notion was stretched to the extreme. In fact the centre could only be described as a punishment centre, where detainees are routinely beaten and subjected to corporal punishment amounting to torture. The isolation and harshness of the desert environment compounds the already severe conditions of the prisoners. The Special Rapporteur found the conditions in both Siwaqa and Juweidah Men’s Correction and Rehabilitation Centre to be more humane than in Al-Jafr. However, he still received reports of regular beatings by prison officials at those two centres. 38. The Special Rapporteur observes that the prison service is managed by the Public Security Department, and run by former security officers that are subject to regular rotation. According to the Special Rapporteur, the lack of a professional prison service with staff in stable posts, who are specialized in prison management, contributes to the culture of abuse and impunity that characterizes the existing prison system. 7 For a description of the incidents, see the appendix below.