visits to places of temporary detention all across the Kingdom. Through the viists the
JNCHR found there are several observations that shall beprovided to the public security
apparatus as the competent authority operates this facility. The most prominent of these
observation are:
1. Most of temporary detention buildings are old, has dilapidated infrastructure and
needs maintenance and renovation, small, suffer from poor hygiene levels. Also
they are humid and cold in winter and very hot in summer, and some of them lack
sanitation facilities as well as sanitary supplies .
2. The poor environmental conditions in most temporary places of detention because
of the overcrowding of detainees in these centers, especially security centers in
densely populated Governorates (Amman, Zarqa, Irbid), which leads to the acute
shortage of services offered in terms of meals. Noting that the inmate is provided
with only one meal (lunch), and served in one specific time. There is also shortage
of blankets, mattresses, and the lack of inadequacy of lighting, and lack of healthy
ventilation in most of its cells, and the lack of water, whether for drinking or
washing purposes in some of them, and not to allocate places for worship.
Paragraph (28)
The Police Court is currently conidering two cases that involves two PSD staff members,
who were acuused of having commiited the torture cime, contrary to the provisions of
Article 208 of the Jordanian Penal Code No. (16) for the year 1960. Accordigly, the
JNCHR forthwitrh formed a fact-finding team for each incident separately. The two teams
found that the accused persons have commited the crime of torture. also the National
Centre for Human Rights on 09/30/2015 formed a fact-finding team about the death of a
detainee at the headquarters of the CID, due to the presence of suspicion about his death as
a result of the torture he was subjected to .
Paragraph (31/a)
a. It is noteworthy in this regard to refer to the constitutional amendments for the year
2011 where the second paragraph of article (8) ends with: (All statements issued by any
person under the weight of any torture or harm or threat does not count). It also should be
noted that, although that the Jordan’s Cassation Court overturned many of these
confessions, neverthless it did not refer judicial police personnel to the prosecutor for the
existence of the suspicion of having committed the crime of torture.
Other issues
Paragraphs (34 and 35):
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