The Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission has noted with concern that the female inmate who was allegedly raped at the Vaturekuka Corrections Centre by a male corrections officer was detained from May last year without being charged.
The Commission is independently investigating the alleged rape of the inmate.
Director Ashwin Raj has confirmed that the Commission has visited the Vaturekuka Corrections Centre as well as the Labasa Police Station and Labasa Hospital.
Raj also highlighted that the Commission noted with concern that the inmate was not detained at a proper female facility.
He says that the Commission welcomes the independent investigations conducted by the Police and will closely monitor the progress of the investigation.
Raj says that the Commission has also strongly recommended that the inmate be transferred from the existing Corrections facility where she is detained to the Suva Women’s Corrections Centre.
Meanwhile Police Spokesperson Ana Naisoro has confirmed that the investigation file of the alleged rape case in Labasa is still with their officers at Labasa police station.
