Penampang Police Station, food budget is RM13.30 while in Sarawak, the
budget inBintulu Police Station Lock-up is RM15.50. Food served in Satuk
Police Station (Kuching) is sufficient and clean. Nonetheless, as reported in
para 4.35, there were datainees who complained the food provided was not
enough.
Clothing
4.34
Generally, in all visited lock-up by the Commission, clothes were given to all
detainee. Clothing for detainees are divided into two colours, which are purple
and orange for minor and major offences respectively.
4.35
However, according to detainees who were interviewed, they are usually not
provided with shirt, but only with pants. The Commission found that the male
detainees were not given lock-up shirt in Tampin and Melaka Tengah Police
Stations. Detainees in Lahad Datu and Tawau Police Stations in Sabah
informed that they are only given shirt during the visit by the Commission.
4.36
In most other lock-ups, male detainees chose not to wear shirt because the
lock-up is quite hot and they usually made the shirt as pillow when sleeping.
4.37
Although in general that all lock-up management stated that the total no. of
clothes is enough, the frequency of changing the clothes is troublesome.
Practically, clothes of detainees have only been changed in 3-4 days, or once
a week or when they are dirty. In Satuk Police Station, frequency of changing
the clothes depends on the total number of detainees in lock-up. In Penampang
Police Station, detainees stated that the clothes given when they were being
detained were those that are not yet washed.
4.38
Laundry service for detainees is done by own Station by providing a washing
machine and sentry personnel in-charge will assist in washing the clothes of
detainees. Only few Stations send the clothes to laundry service such as Ranau
and Lahad Datu Police Stations, Sabah.
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