A/HRC/40/CRP.1 Detainees are fed irregularly, and meals consist only of small portions of posho. One witness who was detained at Giada for eight days was reportedly only fed one of those days. There is also limited water available as all prisoners must share a 20 litre jerry can each day despite the exceedingly hot conditions. Some detainees held in Giada were allowed to contact their families who were then able to bring them food. However, other detainees told the Commission that even the ICRC was prevented from visiting their cells. Despite there being a military hospital at Giada barracks, medical care is inconsistent. While some detainees have been taken for treatment to the military hospital, multiple witnesses reported receiving no medical care while in detention at Giada. Others who became seriously ill were taken to the Juba Teaching Hospital for treatment. Gorum SPLA detention facility The Gorum SPLA detention facility is located 15 to 20 kilometres to the southwest of Juba, along the road to Yei. Gorum used to be a village but is currently heavily militarized and largely inaccessible to those outside of the security services. It is operated by the SPLA Military Intelligence Directorate, although there are also soldiers from other sections of the SPLA present there. The detention facility appears to have evolved over time but is usually described as consisting of four shipping containers measuring approximately five by 10 feet which are surrounded by a fence. One witness described: I was detained in this container for […] months, during which I witnessed many of the other detainees die from starvation or from illnesses that had not been treated. There were four containers at this location, with around 18 to 20 detainees in each. There was no fresh air. There was only one window, which measured around 20 square centimetres and was located high up towards the ceiling of the container. We were locked in throughout the day. 423 There are no toilets in these containers and detainees have to defecate into pieces of plastic or cloth that have to be hung in the container to avoid sleeping with it. The Commission received reports of at least two mass graves at the Gorum detention facility holding not only those who died at the facility but also some whose bodies were transported from Juba. One former SPLA Military Intelligence officer asserted that “Gorum is the worst detention site of military intelligence.”424 423 424 Witness 605, ERN 101276-101304. Witness 1091, ERN 102239-102248. 63