Para. Action make no specific mention of this matter, in practice, prisoners receive several weekly visits from family members and are able to talk to their counsel so long as this does not affect the course of security investigations. A prisoner’s right to visits has been included in the new draft national security forces law. Time frame 1.4.4 1. All States throughout the world have laws to protect their own national security and stability. Mid-term Needs of the Sudan Organization of workshops, with the participation of experts, to review the experiences of other countries and international norms 2. The National Security Forces Act takes a middle path between two concepts, with a view to balancing the need for greater freedom with the maintenance of security, i.e. between rights and the interests of society. A/HRC/5/6 page 57 3. The powers of the security services to make arrests and detain persons are subject to judicial scrutiny. The law designates a judge, to be appointed by the Constitutional Court, to whom a prisoner can turn in order to challenge a detention order. The judge may take whatever decision he deems fit after reviewing the grounds for the detention. The law also stipulates the time limits for arrest and detention, granting every security services director the power to hold a person for up to three days for questioning and the investigation of an allegation. Where three days is not sufficient for questioning, the law allows security directors, subject to the requirements of national authority, to extend the period of detention for up to 30 more days, if the person has been accused of a crime against the State and there is evidence or testimony against him. In such a case,