Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring • Do prisoner files contain contact information for family members, including emergency contacts? • What percentage of recorded complaints relate to problems with the right to contact with the outside world? • Is there a mechanism under which lawyers, family members, friends and others can file complaints to the prison administration on behalf of detainees/prisoners? How frequently is this mechanism used? • Do authorities keep a record of whether each prisoner receives visits from family, lawyers etc.? • Is there any system of voluntary visitation in place for those who do not get visits from family or friends? • What percentage of detainees/prisoners have contact with a lawyer or legal aid provider? • Is there a system of assessing which detainees/prisoners can receive conjugal visits, to address any risks to the detainee/prisoner themselves or their visitor? Assessing visitor areas and communication facilities • Do lawyers’ visiting rooms provide full privacy and confidentiality so that detainees/prisoners could safely report SGBV to their legal representative if they want to? • Do general visiting areas allow for privacy, while also permitting visual monitoring if necessary? • Do all detainees/prisoners have access to a telephone, as well as the means to send letters/other forms of communication, so that they can report abuse or the fear of abuse through these channels safely and confidentially? Is any support provided for those who have no money? • Are conjugal visiting rooms set up so as to allow full privacy to avoid voyeurism? Is there a facility in the room for detainees/prisoners or their visitor to alert authorities in case of violence? Evaluating how external contact works in practice Information from staff and management. • How often/what type of visits are allowed, and what is the length of such visits? • Does the frequency/type and length of visits differ between groups of prisoners and, if so, why? • Does the facility allow conjugal visits? If so, is this applied equally to men and women? 65