A/HRC/7/3/Add.4 page 26 were charged with armed robbery, 11 per cent for homicide, and 27 per cent for other offences. The Special Rapporteur was received by Mr. Abdul-Rahman Ashafa, the Controller, and Mr. Kabir Umar Funtua, Assistant Controller of Prisons. A new building providing additional space for 120 detainees is currently in the process of being built. 5. General conditions and treatment in detention. The prison director and his staff were fully cooperative and allowed unrestricted access to all detainees and ensured private interviews. The Special Rapporteur received allegations about the practice of caning as a disciplinary punishment. Detainees also reported that they are punished for minor offences such as possession of cigarettes. They are beaten with sticks and cables, either in plain sight of other detainees, or in a backyard from where other detainees can hear the screaming. The detainees are later brought to the prison’s hospital where they receive first aid. According to the allegations, the most recent caning was carried out the month prior to the Special Rapporteur’s visit. The prison director confirmed the practice, stated that it would only be carried out after consultation with the prison’s doctor, and that the most recent case was in October 2006. As another form of disciplinary punishment, detainees are put into solitary confinement in the “back cell” (1.5 x 2 m cell) where they are held for no longer than two days according to the prison director. However, the Special Rapporteur received numerous accounts by detainees that they were held there for up to two weeks. 6. The water is of poor quality, and detainees complain about the quality (e.g. the rice is contaminated with small stones) and quantity of food. Only a small number of prisoners having the necessary financial means can order food from outside the prison (“self-feeding programme”). There is no possibility to make phone calls, neither to contact family members or a legal representative. Doctors provide only pain relievers, regardless of the medical complaint. 7. The cells for pretrial prisoners are heavily overcrowded (Cell No. 1: capacity 136, actual population 235; Cell No. 2: capacity 128, actual population 246 detainees). Bedding is insufficient. Although bunk beds are available, many detainees have to sleep on the floor, under the beds of others, or have to share. There are two toilets per cell. Detainees are locked up in the cell for the entire day, except from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Furthermore, pretrial detainees are barred from participating in any recreational, vocational or educational activities. 8. The cell for convicts is less crowded. These prisoners can participate in recreational, vocational or educational activities. Pretrial detainees might be transferred to the convict cell if they pay, or are in bad health. A. Medium Custody Cell No. 1: pretrial detainees 9. Sunday Ogar, aged 25, construction worker, Edo State. On 4 July 2002, he was arrested from the construction site he was working in connection with the theft of US $150,000. He was accused of conspiracy and robbery. Taken to Force CID, Garki, he was tortured by the police during his two months of detention there. During one three-day period, he was brought to an office, stripped naked, handcuffed, beaten on the head, and suspended from the ceiling for approximately one hour from his handcuffs. He reports no visible injuries remaining except for hearing problems. He did not report the torture when he arrived at the prison, nor was a medical