Figure 2: Lock- up gazette Figure 3: Detention Room for Female/Juvenile inRanau Police Station B. LOCK-UP MANAGEMENT 4.12 Every lock-up is under the management of Police District Headquarters and the lock-ups must be gazetted under Section 7 Prison Act 1995 in order to enable the police to detain suspects. The lock-up is situated at police stations, courts, and at premises of other enforcement agencies. 4.13 During the visit, the Commission found that the lock-up was not available in every station and not all lock-ups can be used to detain suspects. Based on PDRM data, there are 773 lock-ups in Malaysia. However, not all lock-ups are actively used (to detain suspects).This is because PDRM, whenever possible, would want to use one lock-up per time in every district. This is to improve the quality of management and supervision, to produce a more efficient monitoring system and optimum use of work force. Usually, lock-ups are located at police 58