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E. Medical Examination .................................................................................................................
Conduct of Medical Examination Upon Admission to the Place
of Detention, and Prior to Transfer or Release ......................................................
Medical Examination Immediately after Arrest and Before and
After Custodial Investigation ......................................................................................
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F. Medical Services ........................................................................................................................
Absence of Medical Officers and Referral to Government Hospitals ......................
First Aid Treatment and Medication for Injuries and Common Illness ........................
Pre-Natal Services ...............................................................................................................
Engagement with Social Worker and Psychologist .......................................................
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G. Other Issues .................................................................................................................................
Religion .................................................................................................................................
Personal Property ...............................................................................................................
Contact with Outside World .............................................................................................
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Rights of Persons Arrested, Detained and Under Custodial Investigation;
Rights of the Accused ......................................................................................................................
A. Right to Silence and Counsel .....................................................................................................
B. Right to Communicate .................................................................................................................
Right to communicate freely and in confidentiality .......................................................
Right to communicate with family and friends ................................................................
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Access to Information and Records ..........................................................................................
Right to Speedy Trial .................................................................................................................
Right to Educational, Cultural and Informational Materials ...............................................
Right to Challenge Lawfulness of Detention and Access to Free Legal Assistance .......
Right to be brought promptly before judicial authorities ..................................................
Right to Medical Examination ..................................................................................................
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ADDRESSING VULNERABILITIES ..................................................................................
Women .........................................................................................................................................
Data and analysis on women ............................................................................................
Absence of Pre-natal Services ...................................................................................
Female PDL not attended by female police/jailers in some stations .................
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Children .......................................................................................................................................
Basic needs of children in detention .................................................................................
Analysis of data on lock-up cells in relation to children in detention ........................
Human Rights Officers; Women and Children’s Desk ..................................................
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Persons with Disability .........................................................................................
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