5.1.3. DETENTION CONDITIONS A. HOUSING & LIVING AND HYGIENE & SANITARY CONDITIONS International Standard ICCPR enshrines the right of all persons deprived of their liberty to be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person76 and imposes obligations on the State party to ensure this right. According to the Standard Minimum Rules, each prisoner shall occupy a cell by himself.77 All accommodation provided for the use of prisoners and in particular all sleeping accommodation shall meet all requirements of health, due regard being paid to climatic conditions and particularly to cubic content of air, minimum floor space, lighting, heating and ventilation.78 In the premises where prisoners live and work: a) The windows should be large enough to enable the prisoners to read or work in daylight, and should be designed to provide access to fresh air, regardless of whether there is or there is no artificial ventilation; b) Artificial lighting should be sufficient to enable the prisoners to read or work with no eyesight hazard.79 The sanitary installations shall be adequate to enable every prisoner to comply with the needs of nature when necessary and in a clean and decent manner.80 Adequate bathing and shower installations shall be provided so that every prisoner may be enabled and required to have a bath or shower, at a temperature suitable to the climate, as frequently as necessary for general hygiene according to season and geographical region, but at least once a week in a temperate climate.81 All parts of an institution regularly used by prisoners shall be properly maintained and kept scrupulously clean at all times.82 Prisoners shall be required to keep their persons clean, and to this end they shall be provided with water and with such toilet articles as are necessary for health and cleanliness. In order that prisoners may maintain a good appearance compatible with their self-respect, facilities shall be provided for the proper care of the hair and beard, and men shall be enabled to shave regularly. 83 All clothing shall be clean and kept in proper condition. Underclothing shall be changed and washed as often as necessary for the maintenance of hygiene. Every prisoner shall, in accordance with local or national standards, be provided with a separate bed, and with separate and sufficient bedding which shall be clean when issued, kept in good order and changed often enough to ensure its cleanliness. 84 All money, valuables, clothing and other effects belonging to a prisoner which under the regulations of the institution he is not allowed to retain shall on his admission to the institution be laced in safe custody. An inventory thereof shall be signed by the prisoner. On the release of the prisoner all such articles and money shall be returned to him. The prisoner shall sign a receipt for the articles and money returned to him. 85 76 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 77 78 ICCPR, Art. 10(1). Standard minimum rules, Rule 9(1), (2). Standard minimum rules, Rule 10. Standard minimum rules, Rule 11. Standard minimum rules, Rule 12. Standard minimum rules, Rule 13. Standard minimum rules, Rule 14. Standard minimum rules, Rule 15, 16. Standard minimum rules, Rule 17, 19. Standard minimum rules, Rule 43. 32