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Legal instruments & key provisions
Legal instrument | Key provision |
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Regulation No. 345/1999, Rules of Procedure of the Exercise of the Punishment of the Deprivation of Liberty (Řád výkonu trestu odnětí svobody) | Cells must be equipped with hygiene facilities – a toilet and a sink with running drinking water. The toilet must be separated from the rest of the cell at least by a non-transparent screen. Prisoners have access to bathing (a shower with hot water) at least twice a week. If for technical reasons prisoners are unable to be given access to a shower, they must be given the chance to regularly wash themselves with hot water. |
Regulation No. 104/1994, Rules of Procedure of the Exercise of Custody (Řád výkonu vazby) | Cells must be equipped with hygiene facilities – a toilet and a sink with running drinking water. The toilet must be separated from the rest of the cell at least by a non-transparent screen. Prisoners have access to bathing (a shower with hot water) at least twice a week. |
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS
Year | Recommendation | Report |
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2015 | At the recommendation of the Public Defender of Rights, the duty of prisons to allow prisoners to take a hot shower at least twice a week has been incorporated in the Rules of Procedure (Regulation No. 345/1999). At the beginning of March 2015, this ended the cost-saving arrangement that had previously (temporarily) applied wherein prisoners were guaranteed access to a hot shower only once a week. | Report details |
2017 | The Police should provide a toothbrush to all detained persons, irrespective of any other considerations. If in individual cases a toothbrush is not provided, this fact and the reasons and circumstances behind it must be recorded in the file. The police must supply detainees with toilet paper automatically. | Report details |