A/HRC/16/52/Add.3 after five days) and extra chores. They added that corporal punishment was not allowed, but admitted that it still happened. They acknowledged that forced kneeling was used as a punishment. In case a complaint was presented by one of the boys, an internal investigation was initiated. If the officer was found to have subjected a boy to corporal punishment, he or she would be the subject of another investigation. Sanctions were then determined by the Commissioner of Corrections. There were currently four members of staff interdicted, i.e. suspended with either half or no pay, but the investigation had been ongoing for almost four years. Sanctions also included fines, transfer to other institutions or dismissal. 149. The daily routine was the following: at 5.30 a.m. the boys woke up to exercise, then they could take a cold shower and clean their cells; at 8 a.m. breakfast was provided. Then some time was reserved for devotion. From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1:30 to 3 p.m. classes were held; recreation time was from 3 to 4.30 p.m., supper at 5 p.m., and at 6 p.m. the boys were locked in their cells again. There was more or less no time or possibility for individual recreation and privacy. 150. Regarding outside activities, the officers indicated that remandees were not allowed to go outside because of the security risk or risk of a lawsuit if something were to happen to one of the boys. Those with court orders could go outside if there was a specific project, such as work. The boys were thus kept inside despite the fact that there was outside space for exercise). During the debriefing, the management held that there was a general rule that remandees were not allowed to go outside, but were unable to substantiate. The Special Rapporteur had the general impression that the warders were arbitrarily depriving the juveniles from going outside the closed compound. Beating was routine practice at Stony Hill. Officer Morgan was most often named by the boys to have beaten them and also to have subjected them to other forms of corporal punishment. The Special Rapporteur urges that a criminal investigation should be conducted against Officer Morgan and the Senior Management of Stony Hill. They should be suspended from duty pending the results of the investigations. Individual cases 151. A boy, aged 15, indicated that on the last Sunday in January, the warders beat him with a folded belt on his hands and back. He was also beaten on the chest and mouth. As a punishment, he was forced to kneel on the cold floor for half a night, wearing only his underwear. His punishment ended when he had to use the toilet. As a result of the beating, his lip was bleeding and his back had peeled. He had a scar on his back right shoulder and hand, bruises on his back and finger, and a swollen arm. The officers gave him pain medication, but did not take him to see a doctor. He added that he had been beaten because the officers did not like him. He also stated that verbal abuse occurred daily. He had complained about the beatings to the Superintendent, and although the Superintendent had spoken to those involved, he did not think anything would be done. He had been told by the other boys to inform the judge of the beatings, but his court date had been postponed after the last beating. His visits had also been suspended for one month because he had been fighting, according to the officers. He also added that the boys were beaten daily, especially if they made trouble. The punishments also included beatings with wooden boards on the buttocks and forced kneeling with the hands stretched out. However, none of the boys watched while others were being beaten. Before his detention, he had been taken to Halfway Tree Police Station, where he was held in solitary confinement for one week. The findings of the forensic expert of the Special Rapporteur corroborated the allegations of illtreatment. The Special Rapporteur was concerned about the absence of any record of examination or treatment within the medical file. 152. D.R., aged16, had been on remand at Stony Hill for one month. He complained about the strict discipline and the daily routine, including the early wake up, cold shower 49