A/HRC/16/52/Add.5 taken out of his cell because of the odour from his injury; because of the lack of even the most basic medical care, his foot would probably have to be amputated. 56. The overall impression of the Special Rapporteur regarding police lock-ups was one of negligence. Although the Boroka police station had clean cells and detainees received sufficient water and food, conditions in the Goroka and the Mount Hagen police stations were particularly appalling, reflecting total disregard for human dignity. For this, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Mount Hagen police stations be closed immediately. 57. In some of the police lock-ups visited, including the Kundiawa and the Mount Hagen police stations, the Special Rapporteur was shocked to see that the authorities did not have the keys to all of the cells, posing a very serious safety concern. In the Boroka police station, on the other hand, the Special Rapporteur was able to enter the lock-up and speak to some of the detainees, including women, without any keys. This clearly confirmed the allegation that women were often not separated from men in police custody and in danger of sexual and other abuses. 2. Correctional institutions 58. The Special Rapporteur was pleased at the strict separation of men from women in correctional institutions. Juveniles were, in principle, kept separate as well. Those held in remand and convicted prisoners were held in separate sections, but could mingle during the day. At the Bomana correctional institution, persons convicted to death were kept together with other detainees. 59. The conditions in correctional institutions were generally poor. Most institutions were overcrowded, particularly high-risk and remand sections, as were punishment and detention cells. At the Bomana and the Baisu correctional institutions, most detainees kept in detention cells were escapees who had been severely beaten, shot or had their tendons cut upon recapture. They were deliberately denied access to medical attention and kept in a cell for up to three months. At the Baisu correctional institution, on 13 April 2010, 84 detainees escaped. Two of the detainees were later recaptured and had died as a result of the severe beatings to which they were subjected. One died immediately after being shot, while the second died a few days later in the detention cell, after he was denied access to medical attention. The two deaths were confirmed by the authorities. 60. The lack of medical attention also affected many other detainees, and the poor sanitary conditions facilitated the spread of contagious diseases. In most correctional institutions, very few sections had running water or mosquito nets. There were also not enough beds or mattresses, and food was insufficient and of very low nutritional value. 61. In principle, correctional institutions in Papua New Guinea provided prisoners with opportunities for work. At the Baisu correctional institution, however, detainees had no opportunities for work, education or other forms of recreation, and were locked in their cells for up to 18 hours a day. In the Bomana, Barawagi and Mukrumanda correctional institutions (the last of which only held four detainees), detainees were allowed to be outside their cells for longer hours than in Baisu, although not many possibilities for work or recreation were available. The best practice example was the Bihute correctional institution, where the opportunities available for detainees allowed for a real possibility of rehabilitation. 62. In the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, the police lock-ups in Buka, Arawa and Buin were used to hold convicted prisoners, because the only prison had been destroyed during the armed conflict. On 18 August 2009, Justice David Cannings issued a court order requiring the State of Papua New Guinea, through the Secretary of Finance and Treasury, to make funds available urgently to establish a correctional institution in Bougainville. The 13

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