A/HRC/7/3/Add.6 page 39 the cells have been blocked for at least as long as he has been serving at this station, which is eight years. He further reported that in the cells used for detainees, an average of 6 persons are held, 10 being the maximum. Chief Inspector H.M. Herath denied this, informing the Special Rapporteur that PC Rasnayake is unreliable due to a head injury he had suffered. The three cells have been used for storage only for a few months, problems with the toilets have persisted only for 1.5 months, and only five detainees at most are held per cell, according to the chief inspector. The Special Rapporteur noted an abandoned female child around 5 or 6 years old from Batticaloa in the police station, for whom social services were called to collect her. XII. POLONNARUWA PRISON, POLONNARUWA (Visited on 5 October 2007) 52. Polonnaruwa Prison, with an official capacity of 200 inmates, held 253 persons at the time of the Special Rapporteur’s visit. Of 249 male detainees, 109 were convicted, 124 were on remand, 15 on appeal, and one was in the hospital. Of the female detainees, one was convicted and three were on remand. One child was also detained. Fifty-six staff are employed at the prison. The Special Rapporteur was received by Assistant Superintendant of Prisons Lal A. Wickramsinghe, who has been at the prison since August 2007. The ASP reported that punishment of detainees, such as cancellation of visits for one week, is implemented in accordance with the prison ordinance. There are no punishment cells in the prison and problematic detainees have to be sent to the punishment cells of Ratnapura Prison. Members of rival groups, former police officers or escapees are held separately from the other detainees. He pointed out that one mentally ill boy, detained in a separate cell, would be brought to the hospital the next day. The former head of the prison was known for beating detainees, and was subject to a magisterial inquiry and was subsequently transferred to another post. The ASP reported that he has not received any complaints of ill-treatment by prison guards. When questioned about a number of allegations of ill-treatment received relating to one of his staff named Indika, the ASP described him as a well-meaning eager new recruit, but would nevertheless look into the allegations. 53. Kasun Madusanka, aged 19 years, Polonnaruwa. On 16 June 2007, upon arrest on suspicion of weapons possession, he was struck by rifles and punched by a constable and five Home Guards. He was taken to Pulasthigama Police Station, where he reported that he was questioned without ill-treatment by police about a hand grenade. The next day, around 1 p.m., which was a Sunday, he was taken to the magistrate’s residence, and later remanded to prison. He reported that he has been well-treated at the prison. His mother knows he is here. He reported that if there are fights amongst prisoners, officers will intervene and sometimes beat prisoners to break up fights. He has never been hit and young prisoners are treated well. 54. K.A.P.P., aged 17, Medirigiriya. On 21 September 2007, he was arrested on suspicion of the theft of his uncle’s motorcycle. He was taken to Atambawa Police Station were he was beaten by approximately 20 Home Guards and police officers with rifles (Type 56, or T-56) on his head and back. Consequently, he was bleeding from his mouth, but did not receive medical