A field visit

2017-08-24 09:43:51

On August 16, 2017, a human rights team visited the Iraqi Rehabilitation Department / Taji Central Prison and after reviewing the infrastructure and prison breakers and visiting the guest rooms to see their conditions without the team's following observations according to the prison law:

The prison is administered by the Iraqi Reform Department and this applies and the provisions of Article (1) of the Prison Administration Law:

Provisions of Section 5 of the Prison Administration Law:

Capacity: 5000*

The total of the visit day is 4411*

Number of convicts:*

Number of detainees: 2214*

Number of Arabs: None*

Number of foreigners: None*

*Number of partitions and prison halls: 4 partitions and 20 hall for each section .

Feeding the inmates according to the provisions of Section 8 of the Prison Administration Law: After asking the guests and the quality and quantity of food provided to them and after obtaining a copy of the feed table, the team found that the contractor is committed to the agreed schedule in terms of quantity and quality was The level of cooking food is medium, where a special kitchen is available for a prison and oven for the poor, and the lunch and dinner are prepared in one, depending on the security conditions .

The team directed the Department of the need for continuous use of the food and raise the violations to the General Directorate for the purpose of taking the necessary action and note the delay in the arrival of food to the guests from the kitchen to the halls because of the tightening of security and upon arrival to guests can not be heated because there are no electric meters and most of the inmates eat The food is always cold .

Solarization according to the provisions of Section 9 of the Prison Administration Law: The team noticed that solarization is only one hour per week because of the increasing number of guests and the absence of places dedicated to the desiccation of the existence of (skates) always locked and the smell of halls to the extent and disruption of some devices Refrigeration in the halls.

Medical services provided to inmates in accordance with the provisions of Article (8) of the Prison Administration Law :

The department depends on registering patient names and sending them to the health center in the department and 20 guests from all the prison halls, and this is a small number with the size of the sick patients in the halls.

The team noticed the lack of doctors working in the health center and the lack of the number of treatments provided to guests compared to the large number of guests, and the number of inmates with chronic diseases of disabled guests (6) guests.

There is a dedicated hall for diseases of tuberculosis and scabies for the purpose of isolation and treatment of patients with these diseases.

The team noticed that there is a big problem in the health side of the section because there are no clothes and blankets periodically from the Iraqi reform department and the lack of equipment where the quantities received from the General Department less than half of their actual needs and the problem of scabies and the number of high up to (350) This is due to the lack of provision of treatment for scabies and its unavailability for all inmates to stop its spread in Taji prison and not to replace the clothes and blankets as being infected with the virus.

- The visit of the department coincided with the presence of a medical committee affiliated to the health of Karkh and we discussed with them the presence of the director of the department and the health center official. Most of the health problems spread in the department. It was agreed to provide the department with the materials for the treatments and increase the number of doctors specialized in dental, digestive and respiratory systems. And to provide doctors according to need and depending on the contact cases that arise and ask to be presented to a specialist doctor comes from the Department of Health Karkh to see these cases every Tuesday of each week .

- Separation of inmates in accordance with the provisions of Section (4) of the Prison Administration Law: The inmates are classified in the central prison of Taji by type of offense and legal material, where most of the inmates of the crimes of terrorism .

- Family visits According to the provisions of Section 14 of the Prisons Administration Law: There are regular family visits to visitors every month, once a visit for women only .

- Personal hygiene According to the provisions of Section 6 of the Prisons Administration Law, there is an interest in the cleanliness of the guests as far as possible, where there is enough water for bathing, and the presence of bathrooms and sanitary facilities inside the prison halls is noted .

- Family visits According to the provisions of Section 14 of the Prisons Administration Law: There are regular family visits to visitors every month, once a visit for women only .

Recommendations

- accelerate the processing (Taji / 4) and rehabilitation to accommodate the increasing numbers of numbers of inmates and to prevent the existence of a severe assault in Taji prison .

- approach security agencies to reduce the inspection rings from the kitchen to the halls to facilitate the arrival of hot food to the guests and the presence of satisfactory conditions can not eat cold .

- Provide an additional car to transport the family of inmates and associates from the prison gate and the public street, which is five kilometers .

- Exhaustion of the service street, which connects from the public street to the prison building in coordination with the Baghdad Governorate Council to the existence of the prison in the outskirts of Baghdad and the existence of previous approvals for the clothing and has not been implemented so far .

- instructing the Iraqi Reform Department to complete the ventilation openings for all prison breakers to address the warming within the halls .