________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (For prisoners and staff: at least following reference points should be covered: describe some examples of ill-treatment, if any? usual cause of ill-treatment? gravity of these cases? Do victims belong to vulnerable groups?) 2. In your opinion, are prisoners (physically) maltreated by prison staff? Never seldom sometimes regularly very often 3. How would you describe the general behaviour of staff towards prisoners? (apart from possible instances of ill-treatment as described above) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (For prisoners and staff: respectful treatment or (subtle) forms of harassment - practices exist which may not fall under a classic definition of torture, that are difficult to detect, and which can, in the long run, destroy the psychological balance of those deprived of their liberty: e.g. systematically ignoring a request until it is repeated several times; speaking to prisoners as if they were small children; never looking prisoners directly in the eyes; entering prisoners’ cells suddenly and without reason; creating a climate of suspi- 28