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Netherlands

Detention issue

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Penitentiary Principles Act (Penitentiaire beginselenwet) Detainees have the right to receive visitors for at least one hour per week at the times and places laid down in the prison rules. The detainees have the right to send and receive letters and items per post and conduct one or more phone conversations with person outside the institution for ten minutes at least once a week at the times and places laid down in the prison rules and with the aid of a telephone designated for that purpose.

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