3.3 Requests to refuse remand detention During the Committee's most recent oversight visits, it was revealed that prosecutors often request magistrates to remand cases indefinitely. Many detainees claimed that there was no evidence against them, or that investigations were deliberately being delayed. Given the prevailing conditions in correctional centres, and given every innocent person's right to freedom of movement, such requests should be made only when there is sufficient evidence to warrant further detention. The JICS, in its 2009/10 annual report, recommends that prosecutors should, where an accused has been in remand for an unreasonably long time, and evidence is weak, request the court to refuse further remand, subject to matters being re-opened should compelling evidence emerge at a later stage. The Committee supports this recommendation.