Statement issued in 2016
- Statement on the visit to the prison, court lock-up, police lock-up and the guard ward in Loi-Kaw Township, Kayah State Statement No. (3 /2016)
- A team from the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission comprising of Members U Zaw Win and Daw Mya Mya accompanied by two staff members visited the prison, court lock-up, police lock-up and the guard ward in Loi-Kaw Township, Kayah State from 9 to 11 March 2016. The team interviewed 20 male inmates, 9 female inmates, 5 male detainees and 2 female detainees.
- The findings were as follows:-
(i) With the minimum measurement of 18 square feet per inmate, the prison could accommodate 409 inmates, but at the present moment in time there were 518 inmates resulting in overcrowding.
(ii) According to the organizational set up, the assistant medical officer post was vacant.
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