A/HRC/16/52/Add.5 said that his family had never been allowed to visit him. He added that his case had already been dealt with within the village court and that he had paid compensation to the victim. Ephrain Ricky, aged 34, was taken from home in 2009 by five CID police officers. He was wearing shorts and a t-shirt and was not allowed to take anything else. He was taken to Buka Police Station and charged and read his rights when he arrived. After three weeks in detention, he was granted bail and on 27 February 2010, he was sentenced and taken back to the cell. He needed an x-ray, and was supposed to have gone a few days before, but the guards were busy with the elections and had not taken him. Benjamin Gatana, aged 18. On 2 March 2010 he was arrested at school by two police officers for drug possession. The officers beat him, put him in the car and took him to Buka Police Station. He had no lawyer and had been sentenced to one-year imprisonment on 4 March 2010. The standard practice by the detainees was to fight with the new arrivals to show them who was in charge, and then make friends with them and give them a place to sleep. He added that convicted prisoners and remandees should be separated. Justin Seratan, a remandee, has been in the cell for nearly three years and did not speak at all. When he arrived at Buka Police Station he had been beaten by the police with sticks and cut with a bush knife on his arms. One of the detainees witnessed how he was treated. He was accused of murder but had no lawyer. The Public Solicitor said he would be transferred to the Laloki Psychiatric Hospital, but the police said there was no money for the transfer. Peter Samo, a remandee, had been in the cell one year and five months, and has mental health problems. He paced up and down the cell all day and night. The detainees were scared that he would do something to hurt himself or others, as he often fought with other detainees. No doctor or lawyer had visited him. A medical forensic assessment was performed and, although there was no time for a complete and correct psychiatric evaluation, the mental alterations were absolutely evident, according to the medical forensic expert, and the detainee needed a psychiatric observation and treatment. Goroka Police Station, Goroka Visited on 19 and 20 May 2010 General information The station was visited by the Special Rapporteur three times. During the first visit, he was received by the Station Commander, Mr. David Serne, who described the lack of manpower and staff housing as the main challenges. During the second visit, the Special Rapporteur was received by Sergeant Andrew Naikabam and Inspector Tom Sevese, OIC for Safety. During the third visit, he was received by the Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Mr. Agustine Wampe. There were 39 detainees, and among them one woman in a separate cell. The men were kept in three dark and overcrowded cells with 6, 12 and 15 detainees in each one. Six sick detainees were kept in a more open “cage”. Of the 15 detainees held in one cell, all except one complained about having been beaten by the police during arrest and upon arrival at the police station. Although the forensic expert did not find much medical evidence, their stories seemed credible. They were also afraid of reprisals. They added that they were kept in the overcrowded, dark cell from 4 p.m. until 9 a.m. During the day, they could go out of their cell and mix with the other detainees in the “cage”. The detainees were provided only one meal per day, consisting of a bowl of rice with tinned fish. In contrast to other places of detention, the detainees did not receive any tea or a second meal, and drinking water was only provided twice a week in a container, albeit in insufficient quantities. However, they 44