A 1.5-2 foot long iron rod is placed horizontally between the shackled legs of prisoners, forcing them to stand permanently with legs astride. They are locked in a tiny cell during this period and have no chance to wash. Normally, small chamber pots and urine pots are put in each tiny cell. These pots are not emptied, so the cell gets wet, becomes very dirty and smells offensively after a while. Nobody wants to be put in these cells because of the bad smell.
Food is slid in from the outside of the cell through the iron bars.
Every day, the prisoner is taken out of the cell, forced to stand in position number 4, and beaten. The period of solitary confinement usually lasts for at least one month, and may last up to three months. The worst type of solitary confinement is when a prisoner has to stand with both arms tied above the head. The prisoner has to defecate and urinate while standing. The authorities feed them no rice but give them only glue made from rice.