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41.05. Access to age appropriate childcare facilities is available during hearings and interviews, and as otherwise required.

41. Women and BabiesE. Health Services

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41.06. Gender-specific health care services at least equivalent to those available to women in the community are available to immigration detainees.

41. Women and BabiesE. Health Services

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41.07. Preventive health screening is available to women in immigration detention at the same level as is available to women in the host community.

41. Women and BabiesE. Health Services

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41.08. Medical practitioners are specially trained to identify vulnerabilities in the population of women detainees, taking into account their cultural and religious backgrounds.

41. Women and BabiesE. Health Services

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42.01. Mental health care that is culturally and religiously appropriate is provided by suitably qualified medical practitioners, with specialist knowledge of mental health issues in detention environments.

42. Mental HealthE. Health Services

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42.02. The health screening that is provided on arrival includes an examination of the mental health status of the detainee and is integrated with the assessment of other social, physical and medical vulnerabilities.

42. Mental HealthE. Health Services

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42.03. Initial health screening of immigration detainees is attuned and sensitive to the possibility that a detainee may have been a victim of torture or trauma.

42. Mental HealthE. Health Services

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42.04. Detainees have access to specialised mental health treatment if required, and in specialised institutions or civilian hospitals, as appropriate.

42. Mental HealthE. Health Services

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42.05. Adults and children suffering from mental illness, whether pre-existing or acquired since being detained, are treated in a specialised institution under independent medical management.

42. Mental HealthE. Health Services

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42.06. There are regular reviews of the social, physical and medical vulnerabilities of detainees, including mental health issues.

42. Mental HealthE. Health Services

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42.07. There are regular independent medical reviews of the prescription and use of sedatives, sleeping pills and psychotropic medications.

42. Mental HealthE. Health Services

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43.01. Staff/officials are polite, courteous and respectful at all times.

43. Staff-Detainee RelationshipsF. Personnel

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43.02. Staff understand and respect the non-criminal status of immigration detainees.

43. Staff-Detainee RelationshipsF. Personnel

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43.03. Staff are recruited and trained for their understanding of the cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds of immigration detainees.

43. Staff-Detainee RelationshipsF. Personnel

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43.04. Staff carry out their duties thoughtfully, handle private and/or confidential information in their possession sensitively and respectfully, and understand that they have a duty of care for all detainees.

43. Staff-Detainee RelationshipsF. Personnel

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43.05. Staff positively engage with detainees and interaction between staff and detainees is encouraged by management and the central authorities.

43. Staff-Detainee RelationshipsF. Personnel

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43.06. Staff understand and are respectful and protective of the special vulnerabilities and care needs of certain immigration detainees, including victims of torture and trauma, children (including unaccompanied and separated children), women, victims of trafficking for labour and/or sexual exploitation, the disabled, the elderly, and LGBTI people.

43. Staff-Detainee RelationshipsF. Personnel

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43.07. Detainees can form self-governing committees, in particular for organising social, educational, sporting or cultural activities.

43. Staff-Detainee RelationshipsF. Personnel

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43.08. Detainees are represented on committees established to oversee the management and operation of the place of detention, provided that detainees are not engaged in any disciplinary capacity.

43. Staff-Detainee RelationshipsF. Personnel

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43.09. Detainees are addressed courteously at all times by the detainee’s preferred name and are not referred or spoken to by family name alone or by a designated number or code.

43. Staff-Detainee RelationshipsF. Personnel

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