CAT/OP/TGO/1 78. The Subcommittee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to ensure that all detained persons are immediately informed of their rights in a language that they are able to understand. The Subcommittee also recommends that the criminal investigation police and State officials receive regular training on respect for due process and for human rights more generally. The Subcommittee recommends that information on the rights of arrested persons be posted in all police stations and gendarmeries. Right to inform a third party of one’s detention and visiting rights in prisons 79. In police stations and gendarmeries, the right of persons in pretrial detention to communicate immediately after their arrest with their family or with a friend is generally not guaranteed. 80. In prisons, the Subcommittee learned that visits by family and friends of accused and convicted persons require the payment of a visit ticket whose price is set arbitrarily by the prison authorities even though they have obtained prior authorization for the visit from the investigating judge. 81. The Subcommittee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to ensure that all detained persons can effectively remain in contact with the outside world and inform their families of their placement in detention, and that visiting rights are not subject to a fee. All visits must also be recorded in an ad hoc register, including the date and time of the visit, the name of the visitor and the visitor’s relationship to the person detained. Internal rules of prisons 82. The Subcommittee was informed that internal rules for the prison facilities were being drafted. The current rules, which date from 1933, are obsolete and are no longer applied. 83. The lack of official internal rules has led to the development of informal rules which vary from one facility to another, with both the content and the application of those rules dependent upon the detainees themselves, in line with the established hierarchical system (see paragraphs 38 to 41 above). 84. The Subcommittee recommends that the State party immediately adopt the decree-law on internal rules in prison facilities. Right to notify consular authorities of a person’s detention 85. During the visits it carried out, the Subcommittee encountered nine detainees from countries other than Togo. None spoke French, and none had been informed of their right to consular protection and assistance. 86. The Subcommittee recommends that the State party take the necessary measures to ensure that consular authorities are notified any time one of their nationals is placed in detention and that such information is duly noted in a custody register (person contacted, date and time). All detained foreign nationals must be informed of their right to consular protection and assistance in a language that they are able to understand. Complaint mechanism 87. The Subcommittee is unaware of any official procedure for the submission of complaints by detainees in the places of detention visited. In the prisons, that mechanism is managed by the yard chiefs and cell bosses, who thus replace the prison administration in carrying out its duties. 88. The Subcommittee recommends that all detainees be informed of their right to submit complaints in a direct, confidential manner to the competent prison authorities and to the judicial authorities when appropriate. Noticeboards and informational posters should be hung in visible places at the facilities. The Subcommittee also recommends that complaints be investigated thoroughly, independently and 12 GE.17-06858