Number of Questionnaires Remandee PTA Convicted7 Condemned/Life prisoners Total 1185 85 947 117 2334 Number of Questionnaires Remandee PTA Convicted Condemned/Life Total 462 2 58 25 547 NB: The information gathered through questionnaires completed by female PTA prisoners was not evaluated as a separate category, as the Commission came across only two female PTA prisoners and this was not a statistically significant number of respondents from which to draw definitive conclusions. 4.3. Complaints During the prison visits, complaint forms were distributed to inmates who wished to elaborate on the grievances they experienced in prison or inform the Commission about specific violations they had suffered. Information acquired through complaint forms was also analyzed for the purpose of this study as they provided in-depth information on inmates’ concerns, in their own words. Some complaint forms were registered as complaints with the Human Rights Commission or forwarded to the relevant state institution for necessary action, with the consent of/upon the request of the inmate. Table 3.2: Total number of complaints received by HRCSL Type of request/complaint Misconduct of police officers i.e. threats, intimidations, framing, detention without producing before a Magistrate, forced to sign confessions, alleged planting of evidence Requests for medical attention and complaints about healthcare in prison Torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment perpetrated in prison Count 160 150 116 7 As many work camps, where only convicted prisoners are held, had a population of less than 125 prisoners, it was not possible to completed the target 125 questionnaires. The consequence of this was that the resultant proportion of convicted to remandee prisoners that completed questionnaires is 47:53. 11