Country

Belgium

Detention issue

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Prison Law (Basiswet betreffende het gevangeniswezen en de rechtspositie van de gedetineerden)In case of a disciplinary procedure against a pregnant woman or a woman whose child is less than three years and with her in the prison: the prisoner cannot be detained in a disciplinary cell.
Information provided by the Belgian Prison AdministrationWith respect to health care: when a prisoner is pregnant, she has the right to adapted prenatal care (gynaecologist, obstetrician, medical-social assistant, psychologist). She will be transferred to a hospital in order to give birth. The prisoner also has the right to medical and psychosocial care after giving birth, which will be made available by the prison

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2024No NPM established.