A/HRC/7/3/Add.2 page 60 258. Recommendation (i) stated: Judges and prosecutors routinely ask persons brought from police custody how they have been treated and, even in the absence of a formal complaint from the defendant, order an independent medical examination in accordance with the Istanbul Protocol; 259. According to non-governmental sources, while judges and prosecutors may occasionally ask about treatment, they are not known to have ordered medical examinations in response to allegations or signs of abuse of their own accord. Where the detainee insisted, where marks appeared obvious, or in cases of death in custody, prosecutors have ordered medical reports, prepared by a government institution. 260. Recommendation (j) stated: Those legally arrested should not be held in facilities under the control of their interrogators or investigators for more than the time required by law to obtain a judicial warrant of pretrial detention, which should not exceed 48 hours. After this period they should be transferred to a pretrial facility under a different authority, where no further unsupervised contact with the interrogators or investigators should be permitted; 261. According to non-governmental sources, GID keeps detainees for up to six months or longer under its exclusive and inscrutable control. Persons arrested by the police or officials from the criminal investigation department or counter-drugs department are routinely held for more than two days, and very frequently transferred between holding facilities. 262. Recommendation (k) stated: The maintenance of custody registers be scrupulously ensured, including recording of the time and place of arrest, the identity of the personnel, the actual place of detention, the state of health upon arrival of the person at the detention centre, the time at which the family and a lawyer were contacted and visited the detainee, and information on compulsory medical examinations upon being brought to a detention centre and upon transfer; 263. According to non-governmental sources, one register at the GID contains information about a detainee’s name, nationality and charge, if any. Another register there records visitors, and a third register contains medical records. Outside of the GID, detainees do not receive a standard medical examination. In regular prisons, registers generally contain a detainee or prisoner’s name, nationality and charge, if any, and the doctors have medical files of those seeking and receiving medical care, though no entry exam was performed. 264. Recommendation (l) stated: Confessions made by persons in custody without the presence of a lawyer and that are not confirmed before a judge shall not be admissible as evidence against the persons who made the confession. Serious consideration should be given to video and audio taping of interrogations, including of all persons present;