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Irish Prison Service Action Plan for the implementation of therecommendations contained in theInspector of Prison’s Report on St. Patrick’s Institution - June, 2012.Appendix A197 Juveniles shall be detained separately to adults.Irish Prison Service: The Irish Youth Justice Service will take responsibility for thedetention of all boys under 18 years of age in the longer term. In the interim, all 17years olds are accommodated on the B wing of St Patricks Institution.Responsibility for the detention of 16 year old boys has transferred to the childrendetention school in Oberstown, under the remit of the Irish Youth Justice Service.ICCPR 10(3), CRC 37(c ), BR 26.3, RPJDL 29, EPR 11.1, ERJO 59.1, IPR 69(1200 Juveniles shall be permitted to wear appropriate personal clothing.Irish Prison Service: Boys wear official issue prisons clothing, as this reduces therisk of theft or bullying. It also reduces the financial pressure on families to provideclothing. However, examination is being given to providing an improved standardof clothing.CRC 37(c ), RPJDL 36, ERJO 66.1, IPR 21(1)201 Juveniles shall be entitled to shower every day in a manner that respects theirprivacy.Irish Prison Service: Prisoners in the Unit have access to showers on a daily basis,as do prisoners in the B wing. In addition any prisoners availing of the gym havedaily access to a shower. However, some prisoners (mainly those on protection forsecurity and operational reasons) have access to a shower twice a week.CRC 37(c), RPJDL 34, ERJO 65.2 & 65.3204 Physical restraint and use of force shall be the minimum necessary and for theshortest period of time required when dealing with juveniles.SMR 34& 54(1), CCLEO 3, BPUF 5(a) & (b), RPJDL 64, EPR 64.2 & 68.3, ERJO 90.2&91.2, IPR 65(2)(b) & 93(1)and205 Such actions as referred to at Standards 203 and 204 shall never humiliate ordegrade the juvenile.Irish Prison Service: Refresher training will be provided to all relevant staff by endSeptember 2012 on the appropriate use of Control and Restraint techniques. Inaddition, the existing Control and Restraint policy is currently being reviewed;when complete the updated policy will include specific procedures for dealing withBoys. It is intended that this new policy will be in place before the end of 2012ICCPR 7, CRC 37(a), UDHR 5, BOP 6, RPJDL 64, ECHR 3, ERJO 7
Irish Prison Service Action Plan for the implementation of therecommendations contained in theInspector of Prison’s Report on St. Patrick’s Institution - June, 2012.211 Particular attention shall be paid to the mental health of each juvenile throughouthis time in custody.Irish Prison Service: Boys in St Patrick’s have access to a wide range of mentalhealth services. All committals are seen by surgery staff in the first instance andpart of their initial assessment includes a mental health component. All committalsare referred to the GP within 24 hours. A scheduled request is made to the nextavailable mental health clinic if there are any indications that mental healthreview/ treatment is necessary and the Community Psychiatric Nurse reviews allcommittals on a weekly basis. Any prisoner who requires screening is scheduled bythe Community Psychiatric Nurse to be seen that day to be interviewed andassessed in person. From that scheduled clinical assessment the CommunityPsychiatric Nurse onward refers to the Psychiatric Registrar and/ or ConsultantRegistrar for mental health treatment and/or follow up care.One psychologist is employed fulltime in St Patrick’s and is available to the entirepopulation. To supplement this service, an additional psychologist providessessions specifically to the 17 year olds 2 days a week. Referrals are made from avariety of sources within the institution. Dealing with mental health issues forms asignificant part of the work of the psychologist.Five psychiatry sessions are provided per week, three general, one addiction andone forensic. In addition a vulnerable Persons Unit is to be established in the C-Base. A draft Standard Operating Procedure and criteria for this Unit are due to becompleted by 12 nd July 2012CRC 24(1), SMR 22(1) & 62, RPJDL 51 & 53, PPPMI 1 & 20, R (98) 7: 10, 11 & 52, R(2004) 10: 35(1) & (2), EPR 40.4, ERJO 52.1 & 73.d, IPR 33(1) & 99(5), HCS 3215 A reasonable period of time shall be afforded to juveniles, on a daily basis, toparticipate in recreational/sport/physical pursuits.CRC 31, SMR 21, RPJDL 32 & 47, R (89) 12: 11, EPR 27, ERJO 80.2 & 81, IPR 32and216 Juveniles on protection should have guaranteed access to human contact and toreading material. They should be afforded a reasonable opportunity to participatein a constructive activity. Weather permitting, protection prisoners shall beafforded a minimum one hour’s daily exercise outdoors.Irish Prison Service: The Governor is currently looking at ways of providing greateraccess to exercise yards and providing organised physical activities for all prisonersincluding protection prisoners.CRC 3(1) & 27(1), SMR 21(1), RPJDL 41 & 47, R (89) 12: 10, EPR 27.1& 28.5, ERJO80.1 & 81
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