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Czechia

Detention issue

Cell space

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Regulation No. 345/1999, Rules of Procedure of the Exercise of the Punishment of the Deprivation of Liberty (Řád výkonu trestu odnětí svobody)In a lodging room for more than one prisoner, there must be a minimum space of 4 m2 per person. The cell or bedroom for one prisoner must have a minimum space of 6 m2. The minimum standard space of a room intended for multiple prisoners can be decreased to 3 m2 per person but only in the case where the total number of prisoners serving a prison sentence of the same basic type and requiring the same level of security (prisons with security guards/i.e. minimum, medium, high-security prisons) exceeds the prison’s maximum capacity.
Regulation No. 104/1994, Rules of Procedure of the Exercise of Custody (Řád výkonu vazby)Minimum space of 4 m2 per person. The cell or bedroom for one prisoner must have a minimum space of 6 m2. The minimum standard for a cell for one person can be decreased to 4 m2. This is only possible if the total number of accused persons held/detained in the holding cells of a high court (vrchní soud) exceeds the prison’s maximum capacity.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2016The NPM recommends that the General Directorate of the Prison Service of the Czech Republic aims at accommodating convicts in single-occupancy cells or double cells when restoring existing accommodation facilities and/or building new ones. In the course of the reconstruction of the current lodging houses or the construction of new ones, I recommend that the CPT standards regarding the area of lodging space per prisoner be taken into account. Report details