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Ireland

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Legal instrument Key provision
Prison Rules 2007The Rules require that prisons “certify that all such cells or rooms therein as are intended for use in the accommodation of prisoners are, in respect of their size, and the lighting, heating, ventilation and fittings available in the cells or rooms in that prison or that part, suitable for the purposes of such accommodation.” The Rules do not specify the actual size that cells should be. Moreover, "[e]ach prisoner shall be issued with separate bedding adequate for warmth and health, which shall be cleaned regularly."

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