6.
Safety
What additional measures are taken by the staff to accommodate the
special sensitivity of prisoners with disabilities when searching them (e.g.
taking extra care to explain the procedure; informing visually impaired
about approaching them etc.)?
Is the placement of prisoners with disabilities in isolation cells always
used only as a measure of last resort?
What measures are taken to assist the prisoners with disabilities to
defend themselves during the disciplinary procedures?
What measures are taken to ensure that prisoners with disabilities have
equal access to and are in fact able to use prison complaints mechanisms?
7.
Health Care
Do prisoners with disabilities have equal access to all health services
provided to prisoners?
Do prisoners with disabilities have access to the same level of specialist
health care available in the community?
Do prison authorities cooperate to the maximum possible extent with
community health services to ensure that the special needs of prisoners
with disabilities are met?
Do prisoners with disabilities have easy access to appropriate tools
relevant to their disability such as wheelchairs, crutches, braces, hearing
aids, glasses etc?
Do prisoners with disabilities have access to specialist mental health care?
What assistance and how is provided to prisoners with disabilities who
have difficulty with communicating (e.g. prisoners with sensory
disabilities) to ensure that they have equal access to health and
counselling services?
When assistance with accessing health services is provided to prisoners
with disabilities who have difficulty with communicating, how is the
doctor-patient confidentiality preserved?
8.
Prisoner Programmes
Do prisoners with disabilities have equal access to all prison activities and
programmes including educational and vocational training and recreation
as other prisoners?
Do prisoners with disabilities have equal access to work programmes
outside prison?
What alternative arrangements are made for those prisoners with
disabilities who use wheelchairs to access all services, activities and
programmes, especially if those are located in areas which have not been
adapted for wheelchair access?
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