Country

Netherlands

Detention issue

Women in detention

FRA research findings

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Penitentiary Principles Act (Penitentiaire beginselenwet)Male and female detainees must be accommodated separately and that the Minister for Legal Protection must designate institutions or wings as exclusively intended for the accommodation of women detainees.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

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