Table 18: Complaints from detainees from January to December 2018 No. of No. of Complaints Ongoing Visits complaints disposed of complaints Prisons 68 85 76 9 Police Cells 48 Detention Centres 8 RYC/CYC 12 Hospitals 4 TOTAL 140 85 76 9 Source: National Human Rights Commission Table 19: Nature of complaints January to December 2018 Nature of complaints Number Conditions of detention 30 Legal Issues 39 Petitions: 4 applications for reduction of sentence and 1 5 application for respite Miscellaneous 11 Source: National Human Rights Commission 20. Section 4 of the Independent Police Complaints Commission Act provides that without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Courts or the powers conferred on the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Ombudsman or the Disciplined Forces Service Commission, the Commission shall – (a) investigate into any complaint made by any person or on his behalf against any act, conduct or omission of a police officer in the discharge of his functions, other than a complaint of an act of corruption or a money laundering offence; (b) investigate into the cause of death of a person who died whilst the person was in police custody or as a result of police action; (c) advise on ways in which any police misconduct may be addressed and eliminated; (d) promote better relations between the public and the Police and (e) perform such other functions as may be conferred to it by any other enactment. 21. The Police and Criminal Evidence Bill is in the stage of finalisation. The Bill aims at striking a full balance between the rights of the individual and the practice of their powers by the Police and those in authority. It will, inter alia, bring together, in one enactment, provisions which relate to the exercise by police officers of the power to stop, enter, search, seize, arrest, and detain; to set a time limit for the detention of persons on remand/ awaiting trial, so as to better guarantee the 60