Report on the Assessment of the Compliance of the Correction and Rehabilitation
Centers in Palestine with International Prison Standards
15. There are clear policies for punishment/disciplinary action and they are
applied equally (please review).
There is a policy = 1
No policy = 5
5. Procedures for inmates/detainees’ admission into CRC: Please rate 1 to 5
where 1 represents total compliance with the standard and 5 represents non-compliance.
1. Accurate information about the place
Information is conveyed immediately
of detention of detainees is conveyed to
upon detention or transfer = 1
their relatives or lawyers upon detention
The information is conveyed a week or
or transfer
more after the detention or transfer = 3
Information is not conveyed = 5
2 Inmates are given written information
Inmates are given written information
about their rights and the procedures and about their rights and CRC procedures
policies of the CRC (given verbally if
and policies = 1
inmate is illiterate”).
Inmates are not given written information
about their rights and CRC procedures
and policies = 5
3. The inmate is allowed to communicate The inmate is allowed to communicate
with his legal advisor without obstacles or with his legal advisor without obstacles or
restrictions.
restrictions = 1
The inmate is allowed to communicate
with his legal advisor with some obstacles
or restrictions = 3
The inmate is not allowed to communicate with his legal advisor without obstacles or restrictions = 5
4. Every inmate has the possibility to
Every inmate has the right to submit resubmit requests or complaints to the CRC quests or complaints to the CRC director
director or the employee authorized to
or to the employee authorized to represent
represent him, every working day of the
him every day of the week = 1
week.
Each inmate has the right to submit requests or complaints to the CRC director
or to the employee authorized to represent
him on specific days each week = 3
Not every inmate has the right to submit requests or complaints to the CRC
director or to the employee authorized to
represent him = 5
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
83