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9.28.7 Conditions for POWs Serving Judicial Punishments.9.28.7.1 Establishments and Conditions Where Sentences Are Served. A sentencepronounced on a POW after a conviction has become duly enforceable shall be served in thesame establishments and under the same conditions as in the case of members of the armedforces of the Detaining Power. 714 These conditions shall in all cases conform to the requirementsof health and humanity. 7159.28.7.2 Confinement of Women POWs Who Have Been Sentenced. A womanPOW on whom such a sentence has been pronounced shall be confined in separate quarters andshall be under the supervision of women. 7169.28.7.3 Complaints and Access to ICRC and the Protecting Power DuringConfinement. In any case, POWs sentenced to a penalty depriving them of their liberty shallretain the benefit of the provisions of Articles 78 and 126 of the GPW. 717 Thus, they may makerequests and complaints and deal with representatives of the Protecting Power or the ICRC. 7189.28.7.4 Correspondence, Relief Parcels, Exercise, Medical Care, and SpiritualAssistance. Furthermore, POWs sentenced to a penalty depriving them of their liberty shall beentitled to receive and send correspondence, to receive at least one relief parcel monthly, to takeregular exercise in the open air, to have the medical care required by their state of health, and tohave the spiritual assistance they may desire. 7199.28.7.5 Prohibited Penalties. Penalties to which POWs may be subjected shallbe in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 87 of the GPW. 720 Thus,collective punishment for individual acts, corporal punishment, imprisonment in premisesaddress, the detailed communication provided for in Article 107.”). Refer to § 9.28.5.2 (Notification of FinalConviction or Death Sentence).714 GPW art. 108 (“Sentences pronounced on prisoners of war after a conviction has become duly enforceable, shallbe served in the same establishments and under the same conditions as in the case of members of the armed forces ofthe Detaining Power.”).715 GPW art. 108 (“These conditions shall in all cases conform to the requirements of health and humanity.”).716 GPW art. 108 (“A woman prisoner of war on whom such a sentence has been pronounced shall be confined inseparate quarters and shall be under the supervision of women.”).717 GPW art. 108 (“In any case, prisoners of war sentenced to a penalty depriving them of their liberty shall retainthe benefit of the provisions of Articles 78 and 126 of the present Convention.”).718 Refer to § 9.23 (POW Requests, Complaints, and Reports About Conditions of Captivity); § 9.33 (Access toPOWs by the Protecting Powers, ICRC, and Relief Organizations).719 GPW art. 108 (“Furthermore, they shall be entitled to receive and despatch correspondence, to receive at leastone relief parcel monthly, to take regular exercise in the open air, to have the medical care required by their state ofhealth, and the spiritual assistance they may desire.”).720 GPW art. 108 (“Penalties to which they may be subjected shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article87, third paragraph.”).609

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