Situation during visit
(See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3)
Information received in the reporting
period
addition, there is a special medical facility
for convicted inmates, where almost all
types of surgeries may be performed.
All inmates have a full medical control
while entering in the penitentiary
establishment. The medical examination is
also mandatory when inmate is transferred
from one penitentiary establishment to
another before allocation to the concrete
cell.
Non-governmental sources: In certain
establishments prisoners reportedly
complain about the food ration and quality
of meal.
Despite the reform undertaken in the
healthcare system of penitentiary
institutions, inadequate medical treatment
of prisoners remains the most serious
problem in almost all establishments.
Prisoners reportedly complain about
delayed medical treatment and delayed
transfer to the medical institutions.
Requirements of the new Code of
Imprisonment about routine medical
check-ups, medical examination after
being transferred from one establishment
to another and/or when entering the prison
establishment (Art 75(5), 76 and 120) is
still not fulfilled in any of the
establishments. For these purposes the
establishments still use approximately one
week quarantine regime for the new
prisoners before assigning them to the cell.
The conditions in some facilities are
A/HRC/19/61/Add.3
80
Recommendations
(E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3)
Steps taken in previous years
(See: A/HRC/4/33/Add.2,
A/HRC/7/3/Add.2 and
A/HRC/16/52/Add.2)
hospitals within the penitentiary system
provide medical treatment to convicts).
Furthermore, a healthcare strategy for the
Penitentiary System is being developed.
MCLA is working on new educational
programmes for both juvenile and adult
inmates. A general education curriculum
was elaborated for juvenile inmates by the
Ministry of Education and Science. In
2009, three inmates successfully passed
the National Unified Entry Exams and
were enrolled in higher educational
institutions. Vocational programmes such
as language and computer classes
continue to take place at penitentiary
institutions.
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