A/HRC/16/52/Add.5 could listen to their conversations. Some detainees also raised the issue that the conversation out of the cell, through the bars, is a disturbing experience for their children who come to visit their fathers or elder brothers. The Special Rapporteur also received allegations that presents brought by visitors for detainees were confiscated by the officers and used for private purposes. Detainees expressed their regret about the discontinuation of a rehabilitation and reintegration programme which had been run by the Law and Justice Section and a foreign NGO, aimed at preparing detainees for their return to their communities and to face the stigma with which they are normally confronted. The programme included three classes per week and offered an opportunity to undertake a meaningful and useful activity during detention. During his visit to the police station, an intelligence officer, Constable Thadeus Yangavi, verbally assaulted the Special Rapporteur and his team, and attempted to physically attack the forensic doctor. The Special Rapporteur expressed serious concern over this incident, and both the Regional Commander and the Police Station Commander apologised for the officer’s misconduct. The Acting Police Commissioner also gave the Special Rapporteur his assurances that appropriate action would be taken against the intelligence officer. During the debriefing, Inspector Mr. Tsien, Commander for the Northern Part of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville complained about the situation of the detainees. According to him, there were approximately 93 detainees in a cell which had a capacity for 27. Individual cases Cell 1 Philemon Jack Ninits, aged 25, was arrested at the market by five officers on 3 March 2010. He was presented with an arrest warrant. He was beaten with copper wires and slapped; his face was later swollen. The year before, he had escaped from the hospital after two months in remand. As a result all the remaining detainees were punished for a day without food. When he was taken back to detention, they all beat him. He also added that it was a general practice to beat the new-comers. The officers did not know about it, they never come inside the cells. He indicated that he had trouble sleeping and was generally bothered by the smell of the toilets and the rubbish. R. K., aged 33, surrendered after committing a crime on 10 March 2010. He was a remandee and complained about the favouritism local detainees enjoyed compared to those coming from other islands. He also complained about the lack of diversity of the food and the terrible smell coming from the bathrooms, which were next to his cell. Steven Komarin, aged 23, was arrested on 23 February 2010 and sentenced to four years. He surrendered with his father and was never beaten. He complained that it was not a proper place where to spend a sentence, since there was no recreation or work, and the only thing they could do was sleep. He also mentioned that the quality of his sleep was poor since the detainees kept making noise and walking around. He stated that police officers never came inside the lock-up, and thus did not check whether some detainees were illtreated by the others. J. M., aged 16, was a student in secondary school and had been arrested three weeks earlier because he was drunk in a bar. He had never been beaten or threatened. He had no lawyer and had not been to court yet. He indicated that he was hungry when he went to bed, and that sometimes they received no food during the entire day. He suffered from malaria and was not allowed to go to hospital. He thought that the beatings happened in the first office, and that the “boss” scared everyone, including the officers. He also indicated that the 41