The detained person is first taken to the C.LD. building where he is placed in a common lock-up and has to rab shoulders with all kinds of riffraff. Here he tefrogated and cross-examined, nobody from the outside being allowed to see him. The law allows the C. I. D, to keep the man a week when he is either freed or passed on to. the P Administration. In this latter place there are likewise no private rooms or cells, all foreigners being huddled gether in an ill-ventilated and bux Infected chamber. The police on duty make no distinction among the inmates, for as ofter* as not they do noi know the reason of their being locked-up, but wit good deal of palm-oil it is possibi. to send out messages and receiv food from outside, which actu: costs the inmate more than living ina hotel.
The detained man is here examined by the public prosecutor who decides whether there is a case against him and whether it possible to allow the man on bail. In the case that bail is refused the man is taken to the actual prison, where he la apt to remain months before the actual trial takes place, It is not at all surprising seeing the antiquated and corrupt regulations that are in force, that detained persons who are actually guilty of no crime, usually are willing to "Pay through the nose" n order to regain their freedom in the soonest possible time, and nobody knows this better than the] police officers themselves.
The system is to be blamed f than the individual, for know the police " force badly paid inde and the Police Administration has not the funds bring about the numerous changes that are essential in effecting radical reforms.
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