While the constitution prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention, its practice is quite common.[1] Prisoners are beaten and raped by police.[3] Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture alleges that four youths accused of stealing were tortured by police in 2011.[3] Abuses at the Kassa Island military prison in 2009 reportedly included castration.[3] Amnesty has two reports of the use of torture in 2011: in February a man in Mamou was taken to the local police station after setting up roadblocks and beaten while handcuffed.[2] In April a man was arrested in Dixinn and beaten at a local station.[23]