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Netherlands

Detention issue

Sanitary conditions

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Legal instrument Key provision
Rules on requirements accommodations penal institutions (Regeling eisen verblijfsruimte penitentiaire inrichtingen)The national minimum standard is that each cell has one toilet which can be screened in such a way that the privacy of the detainee is sufficiently guaranteed. The national minimum standard with regard to access to bathing facilities is that each cell has one washing area which can be screened in such a way that the privacy of the detainee is sufficiently guaranteed. In case the accommodation spaces in penal institutions with a limited security do no have sanitary facilities (toilet, washing area) then it is sufficiently available elsewhere in the building.

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