Complaints
Kilinochchi
office
of the
mobile
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Total
380
Inspection of places
This regional office has to inspect 17 police stations and every police section was inspected
monthly, throughout the year. The total number of inspections carried out was 202. Instruction was
provided to improve conditions of detention, during inspections.
During inspections, incidents of arresting without inquiring, delay in submitting detention oders,
certain police officers being not sensitive to human rights protection, non availability of cells in
certain prisons, were reported.
The Jaffna prison was inspected 9 times within the year. It has been observed that these continuous
inspections had improved detention conditions. It was observed that the conditions such as, lighting
in rooms of the prison, non-availability of clean drinking water, health conditions of food need to
be improved.
It has also been observed that torturing was present without the prison and the regional office has
the opinion the tendency for torturing could be due to lack of prison officers.
The regional office had inspected 1 children’s home run by the government and 17 children’s
Homes run by private institutions.
The children’s home run by the government was inspected 10 times within the year.
It was observed during inspections that the hygienic conditions were not satisfactory. The number
of children increased this year as the Department of Probation had introduced a special policy in
admitting children.
Special Interventions
Bomb blast in a Sinhala village in Navatikuli was reported and the regional office officers visited
and inspected the place, subsequently.
It was revealed that the bomb was thrown to the main hall in Jaffna and an 80 year old priest and
another younger priest had escaped unharmed. The blast had taken place when devotees left the
place after offering flowers. The bomb had fallen on the iron fence and not into the temple. There is
an Army Camp nearby. However, the police was advised to conduct night patrols and provide
security.
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