8. Monitoring Risk In Specific Situations • Were they able to access medical professionals during detention in police custody? • Whether it is possible/safe for detainees to complain confidentially about abuse in police custody? If not, why not? Information from other sources Lawyers, families, friends and others may also be able to provide information about detainees’ experiences of SGBV in police custody, particularly if detainees are themselves unable to speak about instances of abuse. Those who have visited detainees in police custody may also have experienced SGBV from police officers or may have a sense of police attitudes towards the subject. For particular groups of detainees, including LGBTI persons, it may also be possible to get information about treatment in police custody from specialized grassroots organizations. • Have detainees/prisoners ever mentioned instances of SGBV in police custody (either perpetrated against themselves or others)? • Have visitors ever been subjected to any verbal or physical abuse when they visited someone in police custody? • Do visitors feel that police officers have a good understanding of how to work with different groups of detainees, including women, children, LGBTI persons? Focus on specific groups Some groups or individuals may be particularly at risk during arrest, detention and interrogation. This could include women and children, LGBTI persons, foreign nationals or others who don’t speak the language of the arresting authorities. Individuals involved in prostitution are also particularly at risk in police custody. Monitors could, therefore, try to establish the following: • Are foreign nationals and others who do not speak the language of the arresting authorities provided with information about their rights in a language they understand? • Are foreign nationals able to inform their consular representatives of their arrest, without delay? • Are there any special protections in place for arrested LGBTI persons, including in relation to their cell allocation, and the sex of the supervising officer? What are the arrangements in place for the accommodation of trans persons in police custody? • Are female detainees and children fully separated from male detainees and adults throughout the course of their arrest, detention and interrogation? • Are female detainees attended to and supervised only by female police officers? 40