Women prisoners should be supervised and attended to by
female prison officers: Rule 81(3).
o Women’s institutions should be under the authority of a
responsible woman officer: Rule 81(1).
o No male member of staff should enter a women’s institution
unless accompanied by a woman officer: Rule 81(2).
o
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Furthermore, Atty. Juyo discussed the salient points stipulated in the
Bangkok Rules. Specifically, she discussed the provisions related to
Admissions, Personal Hygeine, Healthcare Services, Safety and
Security, Discipline and Punishment, Parental Responsibility, Contact
with the Outside World, Classification and Individualization,
Rehabilitation and reintegration, and personnel and training.
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In closing, Atty. Juyo also presented how the Bangkok Rule will figure
out in the development of local implementing rules and guildelines. At
this point, she presented the next steps:
Ø Self-assement of the facilities’ compliance with Bangkok Rules;
Ø Development of tool for assessment;
Ø Address those that do not require assessment; Enhance those
already in place;
Ø Inter-agency cooperation
At 3:46 in the afternoon the learning sessions was formally closed.
X. Closing Ceremony
After the presentations, Mr. Arendain took over and led the distribution of the
certificates. He also asked the participants to fill out the evaluation forms. Other
members of the CHR team assisted in this process.
To formally close the activity, Atty. Juyo delivered her closing message. She
thanked everyone for their support and participation. She also assured the
participants that the information that was gathered will be used to craft policy
recommendations that will further enhance our policies related to women in
detention. At 3:53 in the afternoon, the team did a photo opportunity with the
participants and the activity was formally closed.
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