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All disciplinary procedures applied to juveniles should be accompanied by formal
safeguards and be properly recorded. In particular, juveniles should have the right to be heard
on the subject of the offence which they are alleged to have committed, and to appeal before a
higher authority against any sanctions imposed; full details of all such sanctions should be
recorded in a register kept in each establishment where juveniles are deprived of their liberty.
7. complaints and inspection procedures
36.
Effective complaints and inspection procedures are basic safeguards against illtreatment in juvenile establishments.
Juveniles should have avenues of complaint open to them, both within and outside the
establishments’ administrative system, and be entitled to confidential access to an appropriate
authority.
The CPT also attaches particular importance to regular visits to all juvenile
establishments by an independent body (for example, a visiting committee or a judge) with
authority to receive - and, if necessary, take action on - juveniles’ complaints and to inspect the
accommodation and facilities.
8. medical issues
37.
When examining the issue of health-care services in prisons in its 3rd General Report
(cf. CPT/Inf (93) 12, paragraphs 30 to 77), the CPT identified a number of general criteria which
have guided its work (access to a doctor; equivalence of care; patient's consent and
confidentiality; preventive health care; professional independence and professional competence).
Those criteria apply with equal force to detention centres for juveniles.
38.
Of course, the CPT pays special attention to the specific medical needs of juveniles
deprived of their liberty.
It is particularly important that the health care service offered to juveniles
constitutes an integrated part of a multidisciplinary (medico-psycho-social) programme of
care. This implies inter alia that there should be close co-ordination between the work of an
establishment's health care team (doctors, nurses, psychologists, etc.) and that of other
professionals (including social workers and teachers) who have regular contact with inmates.
The goal should be to ensure that the health care delivered to juveniles deprived of their
liberty forms part of a seamless web of support and therapy.
It is also desirable that the content of a detention centre's programme of care be set
out in writing and made available to all members of staff who may be called upon to
participate in it.
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