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Grand-Ducal Regulation of 24 March 1989 concerning the administration and internal regime of penitentiary establishments (Règlement modifié grand-ducal du 24 mars 1989 concernant l'administration et le régime interne des établissements pénitentiaires)Detainees of foreign nationality may communicate freely and without the presence of a guard in the individual visiting room during working hours with the diplomatic and consular agents of their country, even though, as a punishment, the prisoner is deprived of the proper visitation unless the ban on communication has been ordered by the investigating judge (Article 235).
Act of 20 July 2018 reforming the prison administration (Loi du 20 juillet 2018 portant réforme de l’administration pénitentiaire)The regulation states that "in case of absolute necessity, if the detainee does not speak or understand one of the languages of the country and if there is no one on-site capable of providing a translation, the director may call upon the services of an interpreter".

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