A/HRC/16/52/Add.5 any furniture. Very little daylight entered the cells. There were no functioning toilets in the cells and the detainees have to defecate in plastic bags or urinate in plastic bottles in front of the others, which were then pushed out of the cells into the court yard. The bags and bottles were piled up in the courtyard, after the female detainees were forced to collect them from the different cells. The detainees were fed rice once a day. The Special Rapporteur found used condoms everywhere in the courtyard, and two boxes in the Commander’s office. The Special Rapporteur was informed that police officers arrested women and kept them for the night, exchanging sex for their release. A male police officer was inside the female cell at the time of the visit. During the debriefing, the Station Commander and the person in charge of the cells confirmed that the female detainees cleaned the lock-up, including collecting the urine and excrements and washing the male detainees’ clothes. The male detainees confirmed that the women brought them their food. The station commander in principle acknowledged the bad conditions of detention; however, he justified the situation by a lack of resources provided by the Government. The lack of food was also explained by a lack of funds. Nevertheless, family members were not allowed to provide food for detainees. The station commander further reported that the detention block flooded with water and excrements when it rained due to the broken sewage system. The Special Rapporteur considers Mount hagen Police Station the worst of all detention facilities he had visited in Papua New Guinea. He had also received numerous allegations of beatings at Mount Hagen Police Station during his interviews with prisoners at Baisu Correctional Facility. He urged the Government to immediately close down this inhuman police lock-up and to take disciplinary measures against the responsible police officers. Individual cases Cell 1 P.D., aged 17 or 18, student, had been arrested on 25 April and taken to court on 27 April. His next hearing would be on 27 May. Max Taki, 22 years, had been arrested on 11 April and taken to court on 27 April. His next hearing would also be on 25 May. Hammon Wassok, 21 years, had already been detained for six months. All 3 detainees explained that they are locked in the cell 24 hours a day, without blankets, although it was very cold at night. The cell was infested with mosquitoes, rats and cockroaches. The artificial light was on all night. They could not receive family visits, and their families were chased away when they brought food. Cell 2 The detainees had some cartons in the cell and an old bed without a mattress. They explained that the roof was leaking, and when it rained, the broken sewage would rise, filling the cell with dirty water. Timothy Phieder, aged 29, had been arrested on 11 January 2010 and was taken to court three times, in March, April and May. On 25 May he would be taken to court again. The door to the cell had been open during the previous four days, and he was cleaning the lock-up together with the women. Mark Luk, 32 years, had surrendered on 21 May. Phil Undaba, aged 37, confirmed that the cell would be filled with waste when it rained. None of the three detainees had been beaten in the police station. Cell 6 There was one detainee held alone in the cell and he appeared to be suffering under a severe mental condition. Other detainees reported that the detainee had been in the cell for at least three months and received medication every morning. 63