of the Convention, starting from the general state obligations stemming
from articles 2-5 thereof to integrate disability issues in all the policies
that are implemented in Detention Centres.
Therefore, there is a need to promote a series of measures which should be
thoroughly examined and implemented through the development of
effective policies and practices.
The
Commissioner’s
recommendation
in
this
connection
was
the
implementation of a specific Plan, the objectives of which would be:
•
the inspection of Detention Centres by public competent departments,
inside and outside the Police, in order to redesign or modify them, or
both, and make them accessible to all persons with disabilities,
taking into account the need for an accessibility chain;
•
the provision of suitably adjusted, accessible and safe equipment to
detainees with disabilities;
•
the provision of forms relating to the rights of detainees in formats
accessible to everyone;
•
the provision and availability to persons with disabilities of
information related to the internal functioning of Detention Centres on
an equal basis with other detainees;
•
the cooperation with professionals and the provision of facilitations or
services of communication that can serve detainees with disabilities
for the purposes of their communication with a lawyer, doctor and the
staff of the Detention Centres, as well as with other detainees and
visitors;
•
the provision of information and training of the staff of Detention
Centres in practices for equal treatment of detainees with disabilities
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