A/HRC/7/3/Add.4 page 43 row do not know the exact date of their execution, leaving them under constant fear that they could be taken to the gallows at any moment. Visiting family members are left in doubt whether their visit has been the last one and do not have the possibility for a final goodbye. Furthermore, the body of the executed is not returned to the family for a funeral, but kept as a property of the State. Condemned prisoners in cells next to the gallows receive significantly more food than other detainees. All detainees have to pay for the arising expenses if admitted to the prison’s hospital. According to the prison authorities, detainees are punished with solitary confinement of up to three days for disciplinary offences. However, there were allegations that detainees were held in solitary confinement in excess of three days. Prison staff members have not received any salary for already three months. 114. Sunday John, aged 40, Edo State. On 23 July 2004, he was arrested on suspicion of theft. He was brought to CID in Gwagwade, Kaduna where he was detained for five months. He confessed under torture, which included being suspended upside down for almost two hours. He reports that torture is rampant at this CID; he described the torture room on the first floor. At the time of the Special Rapporteur’s visit, he was detained in the punishment cell for one day. Abel Samuel, Edo State. He was also arrested in connection with the above case. He was shot by officers during the interrogations. The perpetrators were alleged to be Officers Backfire, Yayabos, Bako, and Ajeogo. 115. When conducting interviews with those detainees who were held in the punishment cell, the Special Rapporteur found a teenage boy, who was locked up in the cell, additionally shackled on the feet, and apparently suffering from a strong mental condition. Due to his confused state it was not possible to receive clear information from him. It is the Rapporteur’s opinion that the boy should be seen by a competent psychiatrist and the shackles removed. 116. Albert Emem, aged 24, Anambra State. In November 2005, he was arrested in Jos on suspicion of robbery. He was detained at CID, in Jos, for two months, and later for one month at the CID, in Kaduna. He reports that he was beaten with a heavy piece of wood in Kaduna. On 19 January 2006, he was transferred to Kaduna Prison. Since May 2006, he has been detained in isolation of the other prisoners as he has had problems with some of them. He can leave his cell from morning until 1:30 pm daily. 117. Sunday Ikechukwu, aged 39 years. In 2003, he was convicted for robbery. He is presently in the prison hospital, suffering from a serious dermatological condition, for which he cannot receive appropriate treatment without the necessary medication. 118. Yusuf Bashair. In 1998, he was condemned to death for robbery; which was commuted to life imprisonment in 1999. He maintains his innocence. Female detainee wing 119. When visited by the Special Rapporteur there were 10 women detained in this wing, including 2 convicted and 1 condemned. Seven are awaiting trial. The general conditions of the facility are good. However, the Special Rapporteur received allegations of inhumane and degrading treatment, according to which women had been chained to their bed for up to three days. Furthermore, prison staff had been accused of seizing presents received from visitors.