DOC/OS(XXXHI)/324c/I 23 Punishment Cell Prison law determines that individual cells may be used for disciplinary purposes. In practice, they are rarely used for this purpose and serve mostly for administrative confinement or separation (in Walvis Bay, juvenile prisoners are held in individual cells, as well as former police officers). However, a juvenile in Omaruru prison was detained for a day in solitary confinement and deprived of food for disciplinary reasons. The Special Rapporteur condemned this act which amounts to a violation of the inmate's freedom of movement and the right to food. In police stations, disciplinary measures are limited and do not include isolation in a punishment cell. However, prisoners in Windhoek police station complained of having been chained to bars in the open air as punishment. This act was also condemned by the Special Rapporteur as degrading and inhumane. Medical Facilities Sanitary training courses exist in most big prisons. They are directed by paramedical staff (nurses and technical health workers) and, on the whole, have the equipment, pharmaceutical products and consumables necessary for their operation. Prisons that do not have sanitary training and police stations have recourse to local hospitals for inmates' health care. Clothing and Hygiene The prison administration supplies the inmates with uniforms — trousers, shirt, pullover, underwear, sometimes shoes and socks for the men; dress, pullover, underwear, shawl, shoes and socks (or tights as in Oluno prison) for the women. The prisoners did not complain about the provisions made for them in this respect with the exception of a few who had to wear their own shoes and did not have a pullover (Section F at Windhoek, Omaruru prison) and sometimes lacked the complete uniform (Hardap prison), whilst the prisoners in other sections of the same prison received a complete uniform, socks, shoes and shoe polish once a year. Some complained of not having trousers, but only shorts (Oluno prison). The women complained of not being given underwear and having to wear their own (Oluno prison). The prisoners in Hardap prison complained of having their personal clothes confiscated on the 15th of June 2001 for security reasons. Since then, they have only had one uniform and no nightwear. They also complained about sometimes having to buy a new uniform to replace their own worn out from one of the inmates working in the storeroom. The prisoners admitted that sometimes minors without clothing were driven to prostituting themselves in order to get some clothes. People detained in police stations wear their own clothes. The level of hygiene and maintenance of the premises was good. The delegation congratulated the prison administration and the prisoners and encouraged them to maintain the standards of cleanliness exhibited on the day of the visit. The prisoners clean their living space daily. They all have access to a laundry, a linen room and washing lines in order to wash their clothes and personal effects. In all the sections visited, the delegation was satisfied that the prisoners received soap and toilet paper, at least once a month (every two weeks in Omaruru prison, three times a month in Oluno prison — women's section, once a month in the men's section, 10 rolls of paper for 30 persons every three weeks at Hardap prison), toothpaste (once a month at Walvis Bay, every six months at Oluno, every three months elsewhere, a tube for four prisoners every month as a rule, but sometimes nothing over six months in Hardap) and shaving material every three months. The women are given sanitary towels. They also had hairbrushes. Detergents and wax are provided to