DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (DCI) - Belgium | Practical Guide While walking through these different areas, monitors should pay strong attention to all aspects that may be of high importance in regards to the respect of children’s rights, including: ʺʺ the general configuration of the place (prison-like, protective); ʺʺ the general living conditions; ʺʺ the security arrangements (fence, bars, confining wall, closed doors, security camera, staff carrying weapons, etc.); ʺʺ the children’s dedicated areas (bedrooms, cells, dormitories, courtyards, classrooms, common-rooms, refectories, bathrooms, etc.) and the places where services are provided to the children (kitchen, laundry, religious facilities, visiting rooms, telephone box, mail box to lodge a complaint, etc.); ʺʺ the general atmosphere of the facility; ʺʺ staff and director’s facilities, such as offices, sanitary facilities, storage, cellars, attics, etc.; ʺʺ the behavior of the staff members on the one hand and of children on the other hand; ʺʺ the documents left (visible) to the children in their dedicated areas (rules and regulations, complaint procedures, envelops and stamps, list of contacts, etc.). During the visit, monitors should talk to the staff asking questions about the configuration of the premises and how different things work in practice (for example: in what circumstances is the disciplinary room used? How much time children can stay under the shower? Why is there no curtain to the showers?). See – Section 5. – p.93 70