Mr Thabo Ngobeni had been in the cells for 16 months. Mr John Mnise had been detained since August 2011 and was very sick, vomiting blood; yet had not been taken to hospital. A detainee, who was a foreign national, had been brutally assaulted by police. Some had been denied opportunities to make phone calls. The ICD was called in to take statements and to ensure that the sick and assaulted detainees were taken to hospital.