DOC/OS(XXXIII)/324c/I 48 this case the law for the mentally ill of 1993, and set up a mechanism of effective coordination for their actions and interventions. • A reference hospital should be created for Windhoek prison. This hospital, which would initially use the significant amount of medical equipment already available, would make it possible to limit the number of cases of prisoners taken to a civilian hospital, which themselves suffer from a shortage of staff. • Certain clinics in large prisons should be renovated/extended and contain observation rooms and rooms for isolation of contagious diseases which would be adequate and in accordance with the needs of the prison. Medical Units (clinics) should be opened in those prisons which do not already possess them. • Information and awareness raising sessions about AIDS for prisoners should be intensified and voluntary testing for HIV should be encouraged. Structures for psychological care and counselling, particularly before and after testing for those who are found to be HIV positive, should be strengthened. • People detained in police stations should have access to medical care and police stations should have a nurse officer capable of making a basic diagnosis and of directing the sick person to a health care centre if necessary. Specific Recommendations to the Prison Administration • The Prison Administration should have a lawyer or qualified jurist in permanent employment. • All the necessary work for the maintenance and repair of facilities, particularly the sanitary installations, should be carried out as quickly as possible to avoid the irreversible deterioration of these very costly facilities. • To combat ill treatment of all kinds inflicted on prisoners, but also to improve the quality of relations between prisoners and staff, training of prison personnel should be considerably strengthened and a study should be undertaken in advance to identify the exact needs and priorities for training. • Minors should be kept strictly separated from adults. Important Recommendations to the Police • Conditions of detention in police stations should be improved without delay. • All persons detained by the police should be allowed to receive visits from their families and friends as well as food from outside. • Staff should receive extra training and clear instructions so that they understand that ill treatment will under no circumstances be accepted as a means of controlling prisoners, and that according to the law they will be punished if they resort to such treatment. • A general re-examination of the conditions of detention in the national police establishments should be made with the objective of establishing detailed and up-to-date standards for these places of detention.