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Luxembourg

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Act of 20 July 2018 reforming the prison administration (Loi du 20 juillet 2018 portant réforme de l’administration pénitentiaire)In all penitentiary centres, generally, inmates are placed in the communal life. Except when persons are placed in solitary (confinement) cells. The detention centre offers an "open door" regime during which detainees can leave their cells and move freely within their unit during the day. Detainees are allowed to walk in the open air for at least one hour and a half every day and can participate in sports, cultural, intellectual and artistic activities. There are activity halls, a sports room, a library for the common use.

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