Report on the Assessment of the Compliance of the Correction and Rehabilitation Centers in Palestine with International Prison Standards In 2015, work has begun on the establishment of Jenin CRC to cover the northern West Bank. During the same year, the Bethlehem CRC was restored and repaired. Despite that restoration, the Bethlehem CRC continued to suffer from many problems that makes it not suited to be a place for temporary detaining people let alone holding them under arrest for long periods.. During 2017, a number of developments were made in the field of CRCs, which are summarized as follows. The situation remained as is during 2018 without any change1: • The building of a CRC in the Jenin governorate was completed from a construction point of view. Work is underway to complete the construction of and furnish warehouses for the CRC, increase the electricity capacity, and connect the CRC to a main water line. • The construction of the Nablus CRC has been completed. It is awaiting the necessary furnishing. • Designs for building plans for a CRC in the Hebron governorate were approved and work is underway to start the construction process. • A plot of land has been allocated in the Qalqilya governorate to build a new CRC and work is underway to complete the procedures. • Plans for building the Correction and Rehabilitation Centers Department Training Institute, with the aim of developing and building the capacities of the staff of the Correction and Rehabilitation Centers Department (CRCD), have been completed. • 200 new personnel have been recruited to boost the number of staff at 1 A letter containing information on CRCs for 2016 was sent to ICHR by the PCP on January.2017 ,31 INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 11