Series of Places of Detention Assessment Reports (02)
Hebron (ad-Dhahiriya ) CRC
Item
CRC’s location
Total area
Living space
CRC capacity
Remarks
Northern Hebron
Consists of two floors
ad-Dhahiriya City
3,000 sq. meters
550 sq. meters
98 inmates
Number of inmates at
visit time: 140 inmates
Rates of ac142.9%
commodation
area occupancy
(inmate density)
Building’s nature An old building that was constructed
during the British Mandate era
Service units
A general medicine clinic, a dental
found at the CRC clinic, a library, a classroom, vocational
training facilities: bakery, shoe workshop, handicrafts, sewing workshop.
Inmate rights
Inside the CRC there are informational
posters that display the inmate rights and
duties according to the texts of the law
Suitability of the The CRC is unsuitable for receiving peoCRC for receiv- ple with disabilities, including inmates,
ing people with
visitors and staff.
disabilities, including inmates,
visitors and staff.
Opened for operation
with the advent of the
Palestinian a
Authority between
1994 and 1995.
Vocational training
workshops are unutilized.
The assessment team visited the CRC on July 27, 2019. After discussing the assessment tool and monitoring the initial grades for each scope
in it, the records described in the assessment methodology were viewed.
Then, the assessment team made a field visit to all the CRC’s facilities to
determine the actual situation of the facilities before the final assessment
grade was approved.
The overall total compatibility rate of the Hebron CRC with international standards was 2.5, reflecting compliance to a certain degree
with international standards.
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