A/HRC/7/3/Add.6 page 35 VII. TRINCOMALEE PRISON, TRINCOMALEE (Visited on 4 October 2007) 33. The detention facilities of Trincomalee Prison are comprised of an old wing, where six cells each hold five detainees, and a more modern wing with three buildings. Generally, the remand prisoners are held on the first floor and the convicted prisoners on the ground floor. However, due to place constraints, remand detainees are also held on the ground floor. Women are separated from men. The prison does not have a punishment cell but prisoners are reportedly sent to another prison for punishment. Some of the convicted prisoners are working in Trincomalee and Jaffna harbour, loading cargo onto the ships. The cell doors are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the detainees can move about freely within their wings. On the day of the Special Rapporteur´s visit a total of 251 prisoners were detained in the prison, which has an official capacity of 200. Fifty-one were reported to be held there temporarily. There were 130 men in pretrial detention, 117 convicted men and 4 convicted women. No minors were detained. No one was detained under detention orders. Anuradhapura Prison, according to the Chief Jailer, Gamini Silva, is the facility which can accommodate “high security” prisoners. No firearms are stored at Trincomalee Prison and security is provided by the Harbour Police. The prison staff comprises 40 persons, including 5 women. According to the Chief Jailer, there is neither a doctor nor a nurse resident at the premises and they do not have a dispensary. However, once a week on Thursdays at 2 p.m. a doctor visits the prison. The prisoners spend most of the day outside their cells. There is no sports field, however they are allowed to play carambole or chess and practise yoga. Three times a week there is the possibility to take Tamil, Sinhalese or English language classes. All Muslim detainees are held in the same cell during Ramadan and are allowed to observe their religious practices. The detainees reported to the Special Rapporteur that the treatment in the prison is generally friendly. As a form of disciplinary punishment, the detainees reported that they are ordered to do knee bends for five minutes, and in some cases they are beaten with a rubber stick. A number of Tamil detainees complain of harassment by Sinhalese detainees. 34. S.T. Nejam, aged 23, a member of the Home Guard, Mutur. On 27 October 2006, he was arrested on suspicion of selling official weapons and taken to Mutur Police Station. He was taken to the OIC’s office, where he was handcuffed and ordered to sit on a chair. Ten persons were present in the office: two superintendents, a sergeant, an IP and six police constables. He was asked by the OIC to bend his upper body and then was kicked in the teeth by the OIC. He was beaten with a chair in his face for 10 minutes resulting in bleeding. When he was brought back to his cell, he was verbally threatened that he should tell the truth. After two days’ detention at the police station he was produced before a magistrate and then transferred to the prison. He reported the ill-treatment to the magistrate, who did not listen to him and did not react to his allegations. 35. K.M. Jahankeer, 26, a member of the Home Guard, Mutur. On 8 May 2007, he was arrested on suspicion of illegal possession of a weapon. At Mutur Police Station he was brought to a room on the first floor for interrogation. Standing naked, his thumbs as well as his feet were tied with rope. He was ordered to stand on a chair and was then suspended by his thumbs and feet from an iron bar fixed across the room. Four persons - the OIC (an inspector of police), a superintendent, a sergeant and a constable - were present in the room. He was punched in his face by the OIC and then beaten on the soles of his feet with a cricket stump. Further, the officers