Annual Report 2014 of the National Preventive Mechanism
133. The specific needs of hygiene of women deprived of liberty, which differ
significantly from those of men, and should be treated adequately, and the supply of
female intimate hygiene products is of particular importance, as mentioned by the
CPT in its 10th General Report on stating that “the lack of such basic needs may be
classified itself as degrading treatment”.
134. It should be ensured that inmates have access to adequate and sufficient food,
with varied menus and special diets for medical, religious or cultural reasons, and
access to drinking water at all times.
III.2.2 Military disciplinary establishments
135. The improvements in the conditions, in general, of deprivation of liberty in
EDM, as regards healthcare, food, infrastructures and living regime of those
disciplinarily punished are positively valued.
136. Nevertheless, certain issues that must be improved in these establishments, as
regards the treatment afforded to inmates and the material conditions of this
deprivation of liberty must be placed on record in this section.
137. With regard to the application of means of restraint, it is considered that at EDM
the criterion contemplated in paragraph 109, relating to CIE should be met.
138. Likewise, the criterion mentioned in paragraph 111, on nude bodily searches,
should be applied at EDM.
139. It must be remembered that the information on the rights and duties to inmates
at EDM should include the possibility of instituting an habeas corpus
proceeding.
140. The installation of video-surveillance and video-recording systems at EDM is
also considered a priority. The full coverage of facilities of this kind, other than
dormitories, toilets and rooms to hold interviews with lawyers, would be of assistance in
the investigation of any allegation of undue conduct on the part of the personnel
providing their services at such facilities.
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