The Commission initiated an inquiry on this matter which is still going on. Inspection of places This office inspects 60 Police Stations and they were inspected 373 times within the year. Each police station was inspected at least once in every two months. The Regional Office also inspects the Bogambara, Dumbara and Pallekelle open prisons and these prisons were inspected 10 times. Children’s  Homes  which  are  required  to  be  inspected  by  this  office  are  Tikiri  Children’s  Home  and   the  Weeravilla  Children’s  Home.  They were inspected 6 times. Human Rights Promotion Programmes 70 Human Rights Promotion Programmes were conducted during the year. The Total number of people who participated the programme was 4728. Out of these programmes, some were organized by the Commission while the others were organized by other institutions and the Commission contributed to them by providing resource persons. In addition, some programmes were organized under the sponsorship of UN Human Rights Programme and the UNICEF. The Regional Coordinator and the Legal Officer contributed to these programmes as resource persons. Awareness programmes were conducted to Police Officers, Army Officers and Soldiers, Development Officers, University students, students undergoing vocational training and parents. Awareness programme on Child rights were conducted for public officers working in Sinhala and Tamil medium, principals and Grama Niladharies. 83