Recommendation (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3) measure of last resort, and the use of non-custodial measures, such as bail and recognizance, are increased for non-violent, minor or less serious offences (t) Due to extremely harsh prison conditions and routine practice of torture, the Al-Jafr Correction and Rehabilitation Centre be closed without delay Steps taken in previous years (to be found in A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) Detainees are routinely beaten and subjected to corporal punishment amounting to torture. The isolation and harshness of the desert environment compounds the already severe conditions of the prisoners. No allegations of ill-treatment were received in the Juweidah (Female) Correction and Rehabilitation Centre. There is a policy of holding females in “protective” detention, under the provisions of the 1954 Crime Prevention Law, because they are at risk of becoming victims of honour crimes. 2006: The Government closed Al-Jafr Prison in December 2006. 2007: A victims’ centre became operational in 2007, however, not all women in protective custody have been moved to the centre. Furthermore, the centre seeks reconciliation and does not have a mandate to protect the women at risk. • None of the directors of prisons, pretrial or police detention centres had allegedly been aware of any • • Initiatives within the PSD include: distribution of the Convention against Torture to law enforcement personnel and encouragement of Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation • Non-governmental sources: Those at risk of becoming victims of “honour crimes” continue to be detained in Jweideh prison The Crime Prevention Law is still in use in relation to the arrest of women Non-governmental sources: Several programmes and training courses have been implemented in this regard; the Royal Police Academy incorporated A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 61 (u) Females not sentenced for a crime but detained under the Crime Prevention Law for being at risk of becoming victims of honour crimes be housed in specific victim shelters where they are at liberty but still enjoy safe conditions (v) Security personnel shall undergo extensive and thorough training using a curriculum that Situation during visit (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3)

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