the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act 2012,128 the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2010,129 that provide for measures to be taken for Physical and Psychological Recovery and for Rehabilitation & Social Reintegration of Child Victims. 92. The BNHRC is of the view that the management of the rehabilitation or correction centres should be improved, closely monitored and made accountable. The BNHRC would like to draw attention to a report of an incident that took place on 11 February 2014 at the Tongi Juvenile Development Centre in Gazipur. Twenty boys aged between 14-18 injured their foreheads, arms and wrists in a purported protest against torture inflicted upon them by Supervisor-in-Charge. In the aftermath of this incident, the Supreme Court sought reports from the government on measures taken to remove mismanagement at Tongi Juvenile Development Centre.130 A committee formed by the Government in this regard according to a High Court order, interviewed all 20 juveniles involved in the incident. The committee concluded that all these teenagers were addicted to drugs, and that they had staged the protest when the Superintendent had tried to prevent their access to drugs. A couple of days later, the BNHRC officials conducted an investigation and talked to the victims and other inmates at the centre. They found that some allegations of abuses were true. The juvenile centre has only one psychiatrist for 308 inmates. If the psychiatrist works eight hours a day and gives an hour to each of them, one inmate cannot meet him more for than once a month. But the report prepared by the Government committee did not mention this issue. The report also did not recommend installing a drug rehabilitation unit at the centre. It only urged the authorities to warn the inmates about drug abuse although there was no facility inside the correction centre for drug rehabilitation.131 Three hundred and eight children, including convicts, were living at a centre that could house only 200. Juveniles whose cases were on trial were being kept there with other convicts for 22 hours a day. The process of obtaining food and other resources often took a long time as it was hindered by bureaucratic tangles. It was also reported that children did not get enough soap for proper hygiene, that the toilets were often overflowing and that, often, there was very little food.132 128 Supra 15, Sections 35 and 38. The Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2010, Section 17. 130 Available at <http://www.thedailystar.net/hc-seeks-info-on-steps-against-tongi-juvenile-centre-mismanagement-194 42>, last visited on 20.10.2014. 131 Available at <http://bd.thedailystar.net/kids-blamed-for-all-that-happened-17832>, last visited on 20.10.2014. 132 Available at <http://www.thedailystar.net/print_post/centre-correct-none-11985>, last visited on 20.10.2014. 129 32

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