Series of Places of Detention Assessment Reports (02)
Bethlehem CRC
Item
CRC’s location
Total area
Old City – city center
950 square meters
Living space
CRC capacity
600 square meters
62 inmates
Remarks
Consists of two floors
Consists of a ground
floor and a basement
Number of inmates at
visit time: 80 inmates
Rates of ac129%
commodation
area occupancy
(inmate density)
Building’s nature A very old stone building that was con- It was turned into a
structed around 1900 and is unsuitable as CRC during 2008.
a CRC as rooms have no windows.
Service units
A general medicine clinic and a dentistry
found at the CRC clinic are in the same room. A library.
There are no vocational rehabilitation
facilities.
Inmate rights
Inside the CRC there are informational
posters that display the inmate rights and
duties according to the texts of the law.
Suitability of the The CRC is unequipped for receiving
CRC for receiv- people with disabilities, including ining people with
mates, visitors and staff.
disabilities, including inmates,
visitors and staff.
The assessment team visited the CRC on July 27, 2019. After discussing the assessment tool and monitoring the initial grades for each scope
in it, the records described in the assessment methodology were viewed.
Then, the assessment team made a field visit to all the CRC’s facilities to
determine the actual situation of the facilities before the final assessment
grade was approved.
The overall total compatibility rate of the Bethlehem CRC with
international standards was 2.7, reflecting compliance to a certain degree with international standards for conditions of detention.
The total compatibility rate of the Bethlehem CRC in relation to the
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