Prison work and duty Work is not compulsor y. However, in Mabalane the young prisoneis complained that they were forced to work and that their food ration was reduced if they refused. Prisoners are not paid for their work. However in Mabalane, the officers reported that the prison used the money earned to deposit hail of those who were eligible for conditional release. Prisoners do not work on Sundays. It is the prisoners' duty to clean their clothes, cells and prison facilities in general If they refuse to comply with this obligation, they can be sent to a disciplinary cell for up to 15 days (Maputo Central Prison). Open air and restrictions Rules vary, depending on the circumstances of each establishment, its population, and the number of guards, the security conditions and the internal organisation. In many places, depending on the size of the prison, one or more prisoners supervise discipline and order. The only official punishment is the disciplinary cell. However, some prisoners at Maputo Civil Prison complained that conditions in the disciplinary cell were far worse than in other cells. It was overcrowded. They had no bedding and no access to water for bathing. They lacked medical care. They also complained that they were sometimes beaten up and thrown in a dirty water tank. Prisoners are put in disciplinary cells when they have int the prison rules. Their rights to visits and to food from outside are somcuuics testricted but not the food ration provided by the prison (Maputo Civil Prison, Tete Maximum Security Prison). Bathing is normally al lowed every day provided there is water. Prisoners can be confined from one day up to 30 days in disciplinary cells. Disciplinary measures can also consist of transferring a prisoner to another prison where the conditions are harsher. Tete Maximum Security Prison, for instance, held 4 prisoners from Tete Provincial Prison as a disciplinary rneastue. These prisoners do not go out except when they receive visits. In Maputo Civil Prison, prisoners are allowed outside from 09.30 to 11.30 every day, from 06.00 to 17.30 in Maputo Central Prison, and from 08.30 to 16.30 every day except weekends in Machava Maximum Security Prison (prisoners are locked in cells at 23.00). In Tete Maximum Security Prison, the lack of minimal conditions of security means that while officers report that prisoners go out from 08.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to 16.00, prisoners say they go out only for one hour, and not every day. Disciplinary cases never go out except when they i ecen< family visits. In Tete Provincial Prison, prisoners are outside from os 10 to 16.00 when they are all locked up. At 21.00, those sleeping outside we unlocked. In Moatize, prisoners are theoretically locked up at night but the women's cell does not have a lock. Rules discipline Ind punishment In Maputo Central Prison, prisoners in the disciplinary cell complained that they could not go out. They only received water in the morning. Some of them had been in the cell for 2 months. They complained they were forced to labour in the farmland. They also complained of being beaten at night. Many of them had been attested in the course of the police operation to curb delinquency. The officers reported numerous escapes and escape attempts. Some ended up in prisoners' deaths or injuries (Maputo Civil Prison, Tete Maximum Security Prison). Some prisoners had also tried to escape from hospital. The delegation noticed that at Machava Maximum Security Prison, at least five prisoners were held in complete isolation, with many armed guards looking after them. They were locked up all day except for a few minutes when they were allowed outside in handcuffs. The officers explained that they were dangei °us prisoners and the safety device was to avoid communication with others and interference in the course of the ongoing inquiry. Prison rules are nom rallc explained to each newcomer. The UN DP study shows that 51% of the pnsoners are int ormed about their rights by fellow prisoners, 39% by the prison administration, 3% by the Attorney General's Office and 3% by NGOs. However, 64% of prisoners say that have not been informed about their rights. 15 Comphint mechanisms Then. Is a complaint mechanism provided for by the prisons' rules. The Office of the Attorney General is also open to complaints from any citizen. Lawyers can also complain about the conduct of any institution that breaches the law. 19