E/CN.4/2001/66 page 136 of 150. Inmates were held pursuant to enforceable judicial decisions. Owing to the shortage of raw materials, lack of demand for products and problems of marketing, only 22 offenders (15 per cent of the total population of the colony) were engaged in production, earning on average 3.6 som per day. The inmates are provided with three meals a day to a value of 11 som per person, the standard allowance being 13.6 som. The food ration is characterized by its monotony and low calorie content. This has been caused by under-funding and inadequate supply of essential foodstuffs to the colony. There is an acute shortage of soap, detergent and disinfectant. For five years, there has not been a standard prison uniform and prisoners have had to make do with clothing brought by relatives or through charity. Furniture is sorely in need of replacement. The clinic is staffed by two duty physicians twice a day. One hundred and seventy-one inmates were treated at the clinic and other medical institutions in 1999, for severe respiratory infections (36 cases), dermatitis (34 cases), skin inflammations (21 cases) and neurological and psychiatric disorders (29 cases). The supply of medication is satisfactory. The inspection indicated that re-equipment of the colony in line with the new Code for the Execution of Criminal Penalties was necessary, and that production activities had to be developed, including food production, with a view to providing employment for the offenders and improving the institution’s financial status. Observations 688. The Special Rapporteur appreciates the very informative replies of the Government. He considers it appropriate to draw the attention of the Commission to the concerns and recommendations of the Human Rights Committee on its July 2000 review of the initial report of the Kyrgyz Republic under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In particular, the Committee was “gravely concerned about instances of torture, inhuman treatment and abuse of power by law enforcement officials”, in respect of which it recommended: “The State party should amend the Criminal Code to ensure that acts of torture are indictable offences, and that all allegations of torture are properly investigated and the persons responsible prosecuted. Complaints about torture and other abuses by officials should be investigated by independent bodies. Provision should be made for medical examination of detained persons, particularly of persons held in pre-trial detention, in order to ensure that no physical abuse of detainees occurs. The State party should institute an independent system of monitoring all places of detention with the purpose of preventing torture and other abuses of power by law enforcement officials.” (CCPR/CO/69/KGZ of 24 July 2000, para. 7). It was also concerned “about the number of persons held in pre-trial detention, some of them incommunicado, that all the grounds for authorizing pre-trial detention are not exhaustively listed in the present laws, and about lack of judicial control over the prolongation of detention” (ibid., para. 9). The Committee was further concerned “about inhuman prison conditions, characterized by overcrowding, inadequate food and medical care, and at the fact that convicted persons are frequently not kept segregated from accused and that juvenile offenders are frequently detained in the same detention centres as adults” and recommended: “The State party must take measures to improve prison conditions and to ensure that juveniles are detained in segregated centres. It must ensure that all persons deprived of their liberty are treated with humanity and respect for their inherent dignity. Specifically, the State party must ensure that all detainees are afforded adequate food and medical care”. (ibid., para. 11).