Recommendations (A/HRC/10/44/Add.2) Situation during visit in 2008 Information received in the reporting Steps taken in previous years and (See A/HRC/13/39/Add.6; A/HRC/16/52/Add.2A) period 2% did not know. Furthermore, the investigation showed that 66% would notify the police if they knew about a case of trafficking. (e) Ensure that, where arrangements exist for male and female detainees to be accommodated in the same premises, the decision of a woman to be placed together with men is based on her completely free and informed decision, and scrupulously monitor appropriate safeguards to prevent abuse. Practice of accommodating male and female detainees in the same premises, based on the principle of normalization; while in most places such arrangements were voluntary, this was not the case in Nuuk Prison in Greenland. Government: Special attention will be paid to the placement of female inmates in connection with the establishment of the new institution in Nuuk, which is planned to open in 2013. According to the Chief Governor of Institutions in Greenland, no cases of violence or sexual abuse of women have been registered in the existing institution in Nuuk even though close relationships are sometimes formed between female and male inmates. In addition, nothing indicates that the women form relationships with male inmates for protection purposes. Staff will continue their awareness of the female inmates and of the need to intervene if there are any signs of imbalance in the relationship or problems between male and female inmates. A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 35 Government: The Director of the Prison and Probation Services in Greenland has reported that there have been no changes in the situation concerning female detainees in Nuuk Prison. The practice of the prison and Probation Service to place inmates-male or female-as close to home as possible, implies that women serving a sentence in Greenland will be placed in units together with male inmates. The Director of the Prison and Probation Service in Greenland has been instructed to monitor the situation closely, and should problems related to placing female inmates together with male inmates arise, the Prison and Probation Service will

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