Committee Against Torture (CAT)
– Apply a documented, strict penal system to hold accountable those
who violate laws and policies within detention facilities.
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Health care guarantees for inmates
– Implement a clear and documented policy on the appointment of a
competent doctor.
– Appoint a psychiatrist who visits detention facilities regularly and for a
long enough period of time.
– Provide a room for quarantine within the detention facility.
– Recruit sufficient medical staff, including doctors and nurses, to be in
operation 24 hours a day.
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Accommodation infrastructure and facilities
– Provide all inmates with proper and clean beds and blankets.
– Provide uniforms to inmates within the detention facility.
– Distribute inmates to wards as per ability to coexist and mix with others.
– Windows of all service facilities are wide enough to let in sunlight,
enabling inmates to read and allowing the entrance and renewal
of fresh air every day.
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Rehabilitation
– Apply a policy that determines the number of working hours for inmates.
In all correction and rehabilitation centres, work is not obligatory; it is,
rather, a privilege given to some inmates.
– Provide vocational training facilities (handcrafts, bakeries, and barber’s
workshops).
– Provide trainers of vocational training and education programmes.
– Coordinate and network with community institutions and civil society
organisations to rehabilitate and train women to help them take care
of themselves before release.
– Furnish opportunities for vocational training on non-traditional
occupations and provide a library, including a comprehensive collection
of books and reference materials.
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