A/HRC/13/39/Add.2 114. There was a major problem with crack addiction among the prisoners. Corrupt guards reportedly brought in the drugs. There were also many thefts and robberies among the prisoners, including stealing food from each other. In general, there was significant inter-prisoner violence and many conflicts. Although the prison directorate noted that they had experienced some suicides, these were on the decline. In 2008, they had three homicides and in 2009, there had already been three homicides among the detainees. The Director could not remember a homicide being committed by one of the guards. 115. If a riot broke out, the guards shot the detainees with rubber bullets. Often the guards were injured by detainees and, according to the Director, one was almost killed. He said that each complaint filed by a detainee was investigated and passed on to the justice system. Often these complaints were not well founded, because detainees, for example, knocked their own heads against the walls. Sometimes the director was called by the Parliamentary Commissioner or a family member regarding a complaint, but these were, in his view, often without foundation. He could not remember a case of torture or even ill-treatment by the guards. He said that there had been no trials or convictions of guards in this respect. 116. Disciplinary measures against police officers consisted of 30-day detention or a verbal warning. However, in the last five years there had not been a single disciplinary measure taken against an officer for torture or ill-treatment. The facility had 300 police guards, and most of them traditionally came from the north of the country. In general, the work as a guard was not very attractive and also not well paid. 117. Inside the facilities the guards had pepper spray but no firearms. Only the outside guards had guns, which fired rubber bullets. They had been provided with a few tasers and electric wire fences some time earlier, mainly for controlling riots, but they had never been used because they did not prove to be very practical. Additionally, the guards were equipped with truncheons. Few general searches were conducted each year with the support of outside officers. Targeted searches of single cells took place on a daily basis. The last noteworthy riot had occurred in Module 5 in 2007. 118. Within the prison, there were 32 conjugal cells available. The cells could be used upon request. Minor women were only allowed inside if they could prove they were married to the detainee. Homosexual visits were not allowed. The visits were limited to one hour and took place on Tuesdays and Thursdays during visiting hours, between 1 and 5 p.m. The Special Rapporteur noted during his visit that several makeshift tents were being set up on the patio during visiting hours. He was informed by one of the detainees that the tents were used as additional places for “conjugal visits”. 119. The Special Rapporteur and his team could move freely on the premises and visited different modules. All modules were designed for 120 prisoners in the same way, i.e. with corridors, two big patios (basketball fields) and rows of single and group cells originally meant for three prisoners, on two floors. Because of overcrowding, there were three to four persons held in single cells and eight to 10 persons in group cells. 120. At the time of the visit, 484 persons were held in Module 1. The module was divided into two sectors, A and B. Sector A had two floors and sector B had three. On the first floor of sector A, former police officers and former members of the military were kept. On the second floor, there were common criminals. Sector B was reserved for homosexuals, transsexuals and sexual offenders, as well as a few former police officers. According to the prisoners, the food had improved, but was still of poor quality. Sometimes there was no water for one to three days. The module used to have punishment cells, which were not used as such any longer because of the severe overcrowding. The cells were open from 8 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. All cells were severely overcrowded, dirty and run down. There were toilets in every cell, but due to a lack of water they were often not usable. 46 GE.09-17655