Action are maintained by the security enquiries office in order to provide information about prisoners when a prisoner’s family requests it and to organize visits by families and lawyers. Time frame Needs of the Sudan 3. There are no unofficial places of detention. 4. Places of detention are known, as evidenced by the fact that they are monitored by the prosecution service and the judiciary. 1.4.3 1. This is one of the first items covered by article 32, Short-term paragraph 1, of the National Security Forces Act, which requires that the detainee be informed of the reasons for his arrest. The article devotes several paragraphs to maintenance of the rights of persons who are arrested, detained or imprisoned, including the right to inform family members about what has happened and the other rights spelt out in the 1996 regulation on treatment of prisoners by the security forces. 2. Article 32, paragraph 2, of the Act states that a person who is arrested, detained or imprisoned must be allowed to contact his family. An enquiries office was set up to assist the public with their enquiries. 3. With regard to the right of prisoners to receive regular private visits from their family members and lawyers, although the National Security Forces Act and the 1996 regulation on treatment of prisoners by the security services Human rights training courses A/HRC/5/6 page 56 Para.