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24.06. Trafficked persons, including trafficked children, are able to access protection and other immigration procedures.

24. Other vulnerable groups C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

24.07. Elderly, disabled, trafficked, LGBTI and other vulnerable immigration detainees are provided with medical care, counselling, assistance and support sufficient to maintain their safety, health and well-being, with due regard to their dignity.

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24.08. The age and vulnerability of an elderly asylum-seeker or irregular migrant, including physical mobility and psychological and physical health status are taken into account when assessing the necessity, reasonableness and proportionality of the decision to detain.

24. Other vulnerable groups C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care😷 COVID

25.01. There is regular supervision and inspection of the place of immigration detention and its administration by a competent authority other than the detaining authority.

25. Inspection D. Regime and Activities

25.02. Inspectors are appointed by and accountable to the inspecting/supervisory authority and their powers include inspection of all places of detention and to hear and resolve grievances and complaints.

25. Inspection D. Regime and Activities

25.03. The medical officer regularly inspects and reports to the Director on the adequacy of: food. sanitation, hygiene and cleanliness. heating, lighting and ventilation. adequacy of clothing and bedding. physical education and sporting activities.

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25.04. There is an adequate number of women inspectors.

25. Inspection D. Regime and Activities

25.05. Detainees have the right to communicate freely and in full confidentiality with inspectors.

25. Inspection D. Regime and Activities

26.01. There is a clear and predictable system of appropriate rewards that encourages active participation in the activities and operation of the place of detention and detainees understand its content and operation.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities

26.02. The rewards system is not punitive, and in particular does not · treat basic rights as rewards, · ration detainees’ access to their private cash, · determine detainees’ level of access to visits, phones or other forms of communication, and · does not condition separation/isolation on incentives or rewards.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities

26.03. The reward scheme is applied consistently across the centre and does not disadvantage or discriminate against any specific group of detainees, directly or indirectly.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities

26.04. The rewards scheme is based on individual not group behaviour.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities

26.05. Any downgrading or withdrawal of incentives/rewards are clearly explained and recorded in a rewards scheme register.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities

26.06. Clear rules set out expected standards of behaviour and the consequences of non-compliance are readily available and are published in the main languages of detainees and carefully explained to those who do not speak or adequately understand any of the main languages.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities

26.07. Rules are applied openly, fairly and consistently, without discrimination.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities

26.08. The reasonableness and appropriateness of rules to an immigration detention setting is the subject of periodic consultation and review.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities

26.09. Staff use only the level of authority necessary to ensure a detainee’s compliance with the rules.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities

26.10. Detainees have freedom of movement around the place of detention every day, and stay in rooms that are un-lockable from the inside.

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26.11. Where rules are breached, staff take the time to explain to the individual detainee and, if appropriate and necessary and with due regard to privacy and confidentiality, to the detainee cohort generally how and why certain conduct constitutes a breach of the rules.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities

26.12. Discipline and order is only maintained in accordance with the rules and to the extent necessary for safe custody and well-ordered community life.

26. Rewards Schemes, Rules, and Disciplinary Procedures D. Regime and Activities