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Detention issue

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Legal instrument Key provision
Ministerial Decree No. 16/2014 (XII. 19.) on the detailed rules for the enforcement of imprisonment, detention, provisional, detention and detention in lieu of a fineThere is no specific provision for LGBTI or trans prisoners in the Hungarian prison system and legislation. The Hungarian Prison Service runs a special psychosocial unit for general vulnerable prisoners: the prisoner may be placed in a psychosocial unit on the basis of his personal circumstances; or if, because of the nature of the offence committed or his other vulnerability, his safe custody can only be ensured by placement in such a unit. Placement in a psychosocial unit may be initiated upon request or ex officio.

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