National Institution for Human Rights – Kingdom of Bahrain and he requires surgical intervention. He stressed that one of the officers committed violence and ill-treatment during the inspection, while a police officer sprayed pepper heavily from all window openings. He also reported that during the five months he spent in detention, he was denied the opportunity to meet his lawyer, adding that he knew about the accusation against him during the court hearing. He also denied that the detainees tried to detain police members. The second detainee indicated that the chaos that occurred was because the police and security forces commit violence and ill-treatment during the inspection. He reported that he was placed in solitary confinement and was beaten for 15 minutes as a result of not complying with the orders of standing up during the inspection. The detainees stated that after emptying the cells, they are exposed to sun for four hours, from 6:00 to 10:00 AM, as a result of which some detainees collapsed by reason of the heat and fatigue. They were also not allowed to drink water. 36. Following this visit, NIHR prepared a detailed report that included a number of recommendations and was submitted to the Ministry of the Interior. Among the most prominent recommendations are: investigating into the serious allegations of humiliating and degrading ill-treatment by police agents and officers who were referred to in the report; and the need to establish a culture of human rights for the detainees and promote this culture among the police officers in the detention and apprehension centers in accordance with the relevant humane international standards. The role of police officers in the detention centers should be based on effective supervision and maintaining the integrity and rights of the detainees. The detainees are held under legal custody since they are not yet convicted by court decision. In addition, penalties should be imposed on the offender alone without extension to the other detainees as a collective punishment pursuant to the principle of personal punishment stipulated in Article No. (20) of paragraph (b), of the Constitution. A security system should be established to prevent the entry of contraband materials to the detainees, and the detainees should be allowed to meet their lawyers upon their request. All facilities in this regard should be given and documented. Moreover, the detainees should be given enough time to exercise and enjoy sunshine for sufficient time. A social environment within the detention centers should be also created by providing the opportunity for the inwards to meet each other according to legal controls and without prejudice to the system in place within the centers. Family visit procedures and the accompanying security measures which may be described as humiliating should be reconsidered, and the glass barriers between the detainee and his family should be removed. Greater attention should be paid to meal quality and system in terms of sufficiency and diversity. Further attention should be dedicated to health care system and receiving and following up the treatment, and adequate sanitary kits of different types should be provided. The capacity of the rooms allocated to the detainees should be considered in order to ensure a sufficient degree of comfort. There is need to consider forming a temporary committee composed of the Ministry of Interior, the judiciary, NIHR, and the Ombudsman in order to study and visualize procedures for the treatment of detainees in the Drydock pre-trial centre. However, NIHR have not received a response from the Ministry of Interior on the actions taken concerning these recommendations. 37. On another occasion, NIHR received a complaint from the family of a convicted person to intervene to consider the provision of appropriate treatment. They have expressed their deep concern for his health. NIHR has contacted the Ministry of Interior and requested meeting the convict to identify his health condition. The Ministry has granted this request. However, when we visited the convict at the reform and rehabilitation department, he apologized for not meeting NIHR delegation without giving clear reasons. He requested coordinating with his family to follow up his health condition. 24