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We would appreciate any information you can provide regarding the following: Background and Descriptive Information 1. How many government-run drug treatment centers currently operate in Vietnam? Can you provide a listing of the centers, their locations and current residential population? What is their combined capacity? 2. Does the Government of Vietnam intend to increase the number of drug treatment centers in 2011? How many centers will be operational by the end of the year? 3. Please provide data for 2010 and (separately) for 2011 – to date, indicating: • How many people were detained in government-run drug treatment centers in Vietnam (separated by sex)? • How many people under the age of 18 were detained in government-run drug treatment centers in Vietnam? • How many people (or what percentage of the total detainee population) were detained on a compulsory basis? 4. Please provide data for 2010 and (separately) for 2011 – to date, indicating: • How many people were detained in government-run drug treatment centers under Ho Chi Minh City administration (separated by sex)? • How many people under the age of 18 were detained in government-run drug treatment centers under Ho Chi Minh City administration? • How many people (or what percentage of the total detainee population) were detained on a compulsory basis? Legal and Policy Framework 1. On what legal basis are people detained in drug treatment centers in Vietnam? Please specify the provision(s) under Vietnamese law and what legal authority authorizes this detention. 2. Please specify for 2010 and (separately) for 2011 – to date: • The number of individual case files submitted by Ward or Commune-level People’s Committees to District-level People’s Committees in which the Ward or Commune-level People’s Committee recommended detention in a drug treatment center; 107 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | SEPTEMBER 2011
• The number of submitted individual case files (or a percentage of the total) in which the District-level People’s Committees in fact ordered detention in a drug treatment center; • The number of individuals who had legal representation during the process of taking the decision to detain them; • The number of people who formerly lodged an appeal of the decision to detain them, and the number of these appeals that were successful. 3. Human Rights Watch understands that children are detained in the same sleeping dormitories as adults in some of the drug treatment centers. Do any centers detain people under age 18 separately from adults? If not, why not? Please provide details about policies and practices for providing treatment, care and support specifically to people under age 18. 4. Please provide any specific rules, regulations, guidelines, etc. detailing the internal disciplinary regime for infringements of center rules. Specifically: • What are the permitted types of discipline for infringements of center rules? • Are detainees permitted to discipline fellow detainees? • Are forms of corporal punishment permitted by either centre staff or fellow detainees? If so, under what circumstances is corporal punishment used? • Can you confirm that electric batons are issued to guards of such centers? What are the policies in place for when such electric batons may be used? 5. Please specify for 2010 and (separately) for 2011 – to date: • The (national government) budget allocation per detainee; • For centers under Ho Chi Minh City administration, any additional (e.g. Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labor) budget allocations per detainee; • The percentage of the total budget allocation per detainee for food expenditures; • The percentage of the total budget allocation per detainee for health-related expenditures. Previous Reports of Abuse 1. How are reports of ill-treatment of detainees by center staff or fellow detainees addressed and investigated? What punishment or sanctions are given to those found responsible for ill treatment of detainees? THE REHAB ARCHIPELAGO 108
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