FINDINGS A dual prison system he Special Rapporteur's delegation carried out visits to three types of places of detention and cells : - Prisons under the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice and its National Directorate of Prisons - Prisons under the Ministry of Home Affairs and its Prison Department - Police station cells under the Ministry of Home Affairs T The establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice are central, provincial and district prisons, penitentiary prisons and open prisons. There are 12 establishments at central and provincial levels, a women's prison in Maputo, district prisons and 40 open prisons. These prisons accommodate prisoners once they have been charged until their discharge or the end of their sentence. Penitentiary prisons are for prisoners serving long-term prison sentences i.e. 2 years or more. Central and provincial prisons arc for prisoners serving sentences of more than three months. They also have a section for preventive detention. District prisons are for people serving correctional sentences imposed by district courts. Open prisons are part of the central and provincial prisons. They are for prisoners with good behaviour in the final stage of their sentence and the main activities within the prisons are agriculturally based or animal breeding. The Ministry of Home Affairs is responsible for civil prisons, maximum-security prisons for so-called dangerous prisoners and police stations. The Ministry has 16 prisons and two open centres plus police station cells at central, provincial and district levels. One police station in Maputo deals exclusively with young people and domestic violence. The maximum period for police custody is 24 hours with a possibility to renew it for another 24 hours. The prisons under th is Ministry are normally located at the provincial level and a few at the district level. They hold prisoners until they are charged. People arrested can spend up to a maximum of 3 months on remand for less serious offences. The remand period is extended to a maximum of one year in the case of persons suspected of drug-trafficking offences. Maximum-security prisons are for remand and convicted prisoners considered dangerous. Civil prisons are for less serious offences such as simple robbery. 6 7