Report on the Assessment of the Compliance of the Correction and Rehabilitation
Centers in Palestine with International Prison Standards
Tulkarem CRC
Item
CRC’s location
Total area
Living space
CRC’s capacity
Al-Hara Al-Sharqiya - within the Muqataa area
1,144 square meters
650 square meters
58 inmates
Rates of ac146.5%
commodation
area occupancy
(inmate density)
Building’s nature An old building that is unsuitable to
serve as a CRC.
Service units
General medicine room, dental room,
found at the CRC library, classroom, vocational training
units: handicrafts, bakery, barbershop
Inmates’ rights
Inside the center, there are information
posters displaying the rights and duties
of inmates according to the provisions
of the law. Some of these information
posters were provided by the ICHR.
Suitability of the The CRC is not suitable to receive
CRC to receive
inmates, visitors and employees with
inmates, visitors disabilities
and employees
with disabilities
Remarks
Single-floor building
There were 85 inmates
at the time of the assessment.
It was opened for
operation as a CRC in
2009.
Vocational training
workshops are not
utilized
The assessment team visited the CRC on July 27, 2019. After discussing the assessment tool and recording the initial grades for each scope, the
records outlined in the assessment methodology were viewed. After that,
the assessment team conducted a field visit to all of the CRC’s facilities
to determine the actual situation of the facilities before recording the final
assessment score.
The total rate of Tulkarem CRC’s compliance with international
standards is 2.5, reflecting compliance to some degree with the international standards.
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