The Rehab Archipelago - Human Rights Watch

• 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?
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