A field visit to the Iraqi reform office/ Ar-Risafah second prison
On 27/3/2017 a team of human rights department has visited the Iraqi reform office/Ar-Risafah second prison, after checking all of the infrastructures, the prison sectors and the prisoner’s halls to be noticed about their situation, the team right down some notes according to the prison’s act that can be clarified as follows:
1. The prison led by the Iraqi reform office and this matches the provisions of
article (1) of the prison administration act.
- Provisions of department (5) of the prison administration act:
- The capacity: 176
- The total existence of the prisoners on the day of visit: 248
- Convicts: 226
- Suspenders: 22
- Arabians: None
- Foreigners: None
- The number of sectors and prison halls: 2 halls
2. Feeding the prisoners according to the provisions of department (8) of prison administration act: After asking the prisoners and checking the quality and the quantity of the food that prepared to them and having a copy of the food schedule the team found that the entrepreneur is following the schedule precisely including the quantity and the quality of food, the quality of cooking food was medium, the team then directs the management of department to keep feeding the prisoners and confirm upon the improvement of food besides submitting any complaints to the public management in order to review them and having them solved.
3. The exposure to sun rays according to the provisions of department (9) of prison administration act: The team noticed that the exposure to sun rays is of one hour a day, because the department specified for release and conditional liberation, whereas the team assures about the necessity of applying the law that concerns the exposure of sunrays.
4. Medical services that provided to the prisoners according to the provisions of department (8) of prison administration act: The department take into consideration registering the names of ill-prisoners each Wednesday, after that sending them to the medical center on Thursday in order to check them except those of dermal and psychiatric illness that will be send on Sunday, as for conditions that require surgeries they will be send on Tuesday, the emergency states and hard-conditions that require surgical intervention will be send to the hospitals, the number of those of synchronized diseases is (22) and there are no conditions in relation with special needs nor of infectious diseases, the team also noticed that there is only one health -room inside the department and it’s in medium condition.
5. The Separation of the prisoners according to the provisions of department (4) of prison administration act: The prisoners of the second Risafah prison classified into two classes: those who sentenced due to terrorism with heavy sentences in the second hall and those who sentenced with light and civil sentences in the first hall.
6. Family-visits according to the provisions of department (14) of prison administration act: There are periodic monthly family visits to the prisoners both men and women, there are also TVs. for each hall and there is a telephone call between the prisoners and their families throughout a special committee and there are visits of international organizations represented by the Red Crescent organization.
7. Personal hygiene according to the provisions of department (6) of prison administration act: There’s an interest about Personal hygiene of prisoners as much as possible, including a sufficient water for bathing, clean clothes, blankets and mattresses are also regularly distributed in addition to underwear, the presence of bathrooms and sanitary facilities inside the prison halls was observed in a medium condition.