Country

Netherlands

Detention issue

Healthcare

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Penitentiary Principles Act (Penitentiaire beginselenwet)The prisoner is entitled to the care of a physician or a substitute physician connected with the institution. A prisoner should have access to a dentist and a psychiatrist connected with the institution. The governor of the institution shall provide that the prisoner is provided with the drugs and diets prescribed by the physician connected with the institution, the prisoner is given the treatment on the direction of the physician, the prisoner is transferred to a hospital or other establishment for the treatment prescribed by the physician.

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