Report on the Assessment of the Compliance of the Correction and Rehabilitation
Centers in Palestine with International Prison Standards
ture and inmates’ accommodation facilities in the CRC was 3.3, reflecting a weak compliance with the international standards.
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The CRC’s compliance rate in regards to services facilities in the CRC
was 3.4, which reflects compliance to some degree with the international standards.
The total rate of Jenin CRC’s compliance in regards to the total rate of
the standard of juvenile detention centers was 1.9, which reflects a good
compliance with the international standards.The total rate of Jenin CRC’s
compliance in regards to the total rate of the standard of women’s detention centers was 2.4, which reflects compliance to some degree with the
international standards.
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Remarks on Assessment Results Administration of the center: The
Jenin CRC complies well with the international standards for prison
administration in terms of the availability of documented policies, directions and instructions on the administration of the CRC. The ratio of
staff to inmates is 43.3% which is an acceptable ratio, especially with
the horizontal nature of the prison. There are vocational rehabilitation
facilities at the CRC but they are not operational and there is no clear
policy on managing and operating them. The CRC is not equipped to
receive inmates and visitors with disabilities. In addition, there is no
policy that determines the number of inmates’ working hours because
work in all CRCs is a privilege and not compulsory.
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CRC Staff: The Jenin CRC complies well with the international standards for detention centers’ staff. However, there is no system or specific standards for incentives and penalties for the center’s staff who
are paid the same as the rest of police staff without any additional allowances, nor is there an allowance for the nature of work. In addition,
there are no clear or written criteria for appointing staff to the CRCs,
and no employees with disabilities have been appointed according to
the standard ratios.
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Health care guarantees for inmates: The Jenin CRC provides, to
some degree, health care guarantees for inmates, especially in light of
the lack of a permanent general physician at the CRC (5 days a week).
However, there is a full-time nurse inside the center. Dental services
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