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13.11. The medical officer regularly inspects and advises on the storage, quantity, quality, preparation and service of food.

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13.12. Meals are served at regular times, at reasonable intervals and are unrushed.

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13.13. Detainees are permitted (but not obliged) to have their food procured at their own expense from the outside, either through the administration or through their family or friends.

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13.14. Recently arrived detainees are provided with food, even if outside regular meal times.

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13.15. Light snacks and refreshments are freely available between meals, especially for pregnant women, nursing mothers and children.

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13.16. Dining areas and eating equipment are safe, clean, hygienic, well ventilated and well maintained.

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13.17. Cooking facilities and equipment are safe, clean, hygienic, well ventilated and well maintained.

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13.18. Detainees have an effective means to complain or provide feedback about all aspects of food, including quality, quantity, variety, distribution, and cultural and religious requirements.

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14.01. Detainees are allowed to wear their own clothing and shoes, consistent with their non-criminal status.

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14.02. Detainees who do not have enough or suitable clothing and/or shoes are given an adequate supply of culturally appropriate civilian clothing, shoes and underwear that are clean, fit for use, and suitable to the climate.

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14.03. If detainees do not have access to their own clothes on a daily basis, institutional clothing is different to that issued to convicted prisoners in the same jurisdiction and they are permitted to wear their own clothing for hearings and other external appointments.

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14.04. Detainees have ready access to laundry facilities or services, including to suitable soap, so that clothes can be washed regularly either communally or by the detainee.

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14.05. Women and girls have ready, discrete, and safe access to laundry facilities to wash blood-stained articles.

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14.06. There is ready and safe access on a daily basis to laundry facilities for washing and drying children’s clothing and bedding, as required.

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14.07. On arrival, detainees are supplied with clean bedding, including a pillow, appropriate to the climatic conditions.

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14.08. Sheets are changed at least weekly, or when soiled, and other bedding is laundered often enough to ensure cleanliness is maintained.

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14.09. Detainees have ready and safe access to laundry facilities to wash and iron clothing, and clean clothing and underwear are available daily.

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14.10. If detainees do not have access to their own clothes on a daily basis, they are released or removed from custody wearing clothing that is clean and fit for use, whether their own or provided by the institution.

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14.11. Clothing and bedding are distributed on a fair, non-discriminatory basis.

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15.01. There are clear and readily accessible rules and regulations about the retention of property on admission to the place of detention, including provision for safe custody of any property retained.

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