provided, including regular vaccination.396
Specialists should monitor the development
of children in detention in collaboration with
community health services.397 Pregnant women
and breastfeeding mothers should receive appropriate health advice and diets.398 The staff
of detention facilities should also receive basic training on the health care of children so
that they can respond appropriately in times
of need and emergencies.399
•
Education and recreation: Children should receive adequate, age-appropriate education.400
Children should also be able to participate in
recreational activities appropriate to their
age and in cultural life and the arts.401
•
Facilities: There should be child care facilities
or arrangements to enable detained parents
to participate in activities. At the same time,
parents should be allowed to have maximum
possible opportunities to spend time with
their children.402 It is also recommended that
there be sufficient social services of an adequate quality, including health and educational facilities.403 Children should be allowed to
move freely in open spaces and playgrounds,
as they would if they were in the community.
396 Ibid., rule 9; UNODC, the Bangkok Rules Commentary
(2011), rules 9 and 49-52.
397 The Bangkok Rules (2010), rule 51(1).
398
Ibid., rule 48(1).
399 Ibid., rule 33.
400 Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), art. 28.
401 Ibid., art. 31.
402 The Bangkok Rules (2010), rules 42 and 50.
403 Committee on the Rights of the Child, Report and recommendations of the day of general discussion on “Children
of incarcerated parents” (2011), para. 34.
Example from Belgium—
Infrastructure for children
In Belgium, infrastructure appropriate for children are provided to those
accompanying mothers in detention. Such
infrastructure often includes a separate
room next to and open to the mother’s cell.
In all cases, the child has a separate bed.
The room has all the necessary equipment
for the stay of an infant or a very young
child. The cells are open as often as possible (open during the day, closed for the
nights). In principle, the child can move
around freely. He or she also has access to
the courtyard with games adapted to small
children. The child has also toys in the prison cell. Relatives come to the prison regularly to play with the child. Children are also
able to leave the prison regularly, including
to have contact with his or her other parent (or other relatives). In order to avoid
the child’s isolation from society, there are
many support and assistance services that
are responsible for maintaining the child’s
relationships with the outside world. This
includes ensuring maximum contact with
the rest of the family, especially the father
and grandparents. In addition, the child
also regularly leaves prison accompanied
by an adult, either to spend the day in the
nursery or simply to enjoy the fresh air.
7.1.2 Deprivation of Liberty as Part of Juvenile
Justice Process
190.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
and international humanitarian law require that
every child in detention be treated with humanity
and respect for his or her inherent dignity, in
87.
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