• Discipline On discipline, he and his men have had no difficulty with suspects. Prisoners were generally law-abiding while in custody. * Health A boy with gonorrhoea who was taken into custody was referred to his father who sent him to the hospital, after he had been granted bail. Other prisoners requiring medical attention were taken to a health centre for treatment by a constable. Charge Office At the Charge Office, Corporal Omar Tamba dealt with me. He had been at the station for 4years. I saw 2 suspects, who had been in custody for less than 48 hours, they informed me. One of them, with bloodshot eye, told me that the slap of a police officer was responsible for the state of his eye. Of the 3 cells at the station, two were in use. Cell 1 5 of the 8 inmates were out of the precincts of the station. One of the remaining 3 informed me that he had been beaten by the police. He was accused of stealing. Another suspect informed me that some of the suspects had been in custody for two weeks without being taken to court. Speaking about himself, a suspect said he had been in custody for 5 days without being taken to court. • Food They were given food by the police twice a day. But they had not been given soap; and they had not had a bath. Their toilet was also full. Cell 2 Water logged, there was nobody in this cell. iv) Kotu Police Station Present at the station on my arrival was Assistant Station Officer, Modu Cham. Suspects were generally kept for 48 hours. He admitted that investigations sometimes went on beyond 48 hours, but he could not say for how long suspects in such cases were kept. • Female A woman suspect had been kept overnight because although she was granted bail, she could not satisfy the bail conditions. Also at the station was a nursing mother with a second child who found herself in custody over a conflict with her husband. 11