Chapter IX
ENFORCEMENT OF IMPRISONMENT
Article 162. Facility conditions of separate prisons, prison divisions, and areas for detention for juvenile inmates in prisons
1. Separate prisons, prison divisions, and areas for detention for juvenile inmates in prisons must be arranged and designed to suit age and gender of the juveniles and ensure the following areas and facilities are available:
a) Detention area by the nature of the crime, level of sentence, gender;
b) Prison cell;
c) Facilities serving study, living, medical care;
d) Sports and entertainment area;
dd) Labor and vocational training area;
e) Visiting area;
g) Other facilities as prescribed by the Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgments.
2. Prison cells must be cool in the summer, windproof in the winter, and environmentally hygienic. The minimum sleeping area for each juvenile inmate is 2,5 m2.
3. Separate prisons, prison divisions, and areas for detention for juvenile inmates must have facilities for juveniles to participate in physical education, sports, cultural and artistic activities, listen to the radio, read books and newspapers, watch television, and other appropriate forms of entertainment.
4. The arrangement of separate detention for juvenile inmates shall follow the Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgments.
5. Based on age, gender, health, educational level, nature of crime, and sentence level, prisons shall arrange juvenile inmates into teams or groups for study, work, and participate in activities and assign prison officers of the same gender to be directly in charge.
6. Based on actual conditions, the Minister of Public Security and the Minister of National Defense shall decide to organize separate prison, prison divisions, and areas for detention for juvenile inmates.
7. The Government shall detail Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Article.
Article 163. Medical care
1. Juvenile inmates shall receive medical care, including:
a) Psychological and mental health counseling;
b) Reproductive health care;
c) Other types of medical care as prescribed by the Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgments.
2. Juvenile inmates shall receive a medical check-up upon arrival at the detention center and a general health check once a year.
3. The Government shall detail this Article.
Article 164. Cultural education, career education, vocational training, labor
1. Prisons are responsible for educating juvenile inmates about culture, law, providing career education, vocational training appropriate to their age, educational level, gender and health. Juvenile inmates are entitled to cultural education, career education, and vocational training according to regulations of the Government.
2. In cases where it is not possible to arrange teachers for cultural education according to regulations, prisons must cooperate with educational institutions to organize and link online classes for juvenile inmates. The opening of online classes must ensure safety, avoid discrimination, and influence juvenile inmates and other inmates.
3. Juvenile inmates are allowed to work in accordance with their age and health; do not have to do heavy or dangerous work or exposure to toxic substances; are ensured occupational safety and hygiene.
4. The Government shall detail this Article.
Article 165. Board and lodging, clothing, cultural and artistic activities, and entertainment
1. Juvenile inmates are guaranteed the same food ration standards as adult inmates and are given additional meat and fish, but not more than 20% of the ration.
2. In addition to receiving standard clothing and personal belongings as adult prisoners, each year juvenile inmates are provided with additional uniform clothing and other personal belongings according to applicable regulations.
3. Prisons are responsible for organizing physical education, sports, cultural and artistic activities, activities of listening to the radio, reading books and newspapers, watching television and other forms of entertainment suitable to the characteristics of juveniles.
4. Juvenile inmates are encouraged to develop their personal abilities, strengths and talents.
5. The Government shall detail this Article.
Article 166. Visits, correspondence
1. Juvenile inmates are allowed to meet their relatives no more than 4 times in 1 month, each meeting not exceeding 4 hours. Depend on the inmate's performance grade, the requirements for education and reform, and the achievements in work and study, juvenile inmates may have their meeting time extended but not exceeding 24 hours for 1 meeting.
2. Juvenile inmates are allowed to make domestic telephone calls and video calls, calls using electronic devices with their relatives no more than 4 times in 1 month; each call shall not exceed 15 minutes, except in urgent cases. The communication must be supervised by prison officers. The costs of communication specified in this clause shall be paid by the inmate.
3. The State encourages relatives of juvenile inmates to send books, school supplies, exercise, sports, and entertainment equipment to the inmates.
Article 167. Prison officers
Prison officers must be trained or educated in psychology and educational sciences of juveniles, or have participated in resolving cases involving juveniles.
Article 168. Commendation for juvenile inmates
1. While serving his/her prison sentence, a juvenile inmate who properly complies with prison internal regulations, makes achievements in study, work, or records merits, and shall be commended in one or more of the following forms:
a) Praise;
b) Award Certificate of Merit;
c) Reward in cash or in kind;
d) Increase of the number of domestic telephone calls and video calls, calls using electronic devices with relatives;
dd) Increase the number and duration of visits with relatives;
e) Increase the number of receipt and quantities of presents.
2. The Government shall detail this Article.
Article 169. Handling of violating juvenile inmates
1. Juvenile inmates who violate internal regulations of prisons or commit illegal acts shall, depending on the nature and severity of the violation, be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the law on enforcement of criminal judgments. The measure of detention in a disciplinary cell shall not be applied to juvenile inmates.
2. The Government shall detail this Article.
Article 170. Transfer of inmates to other prisons, prison divisions, or detention areas to continue serving their sentences.
1. When the inmate reaches 18 years of age, he/she shall be transferred to a prison, prison division, or detention area for adults and shall be subject to the management, detention, and education for adults in accordance with the law on the enforcement of criminal judgments.
2. Juvenile inmates may be considered for transfer to another prison if it is deemed more effective for their education, rehabilitation, and reintegration into the community or when deemed necessary.
Article 171. Preparation of release of inmates
1. Two months before the juvenile inmate’s imprisonment expires, the prison must inform him/her, his/her representative, the criminal judgment enforcement agency of the district-level police, the commune-level People's Committee, the agency or organization agency or organization in which such person will return to reside and work, and inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the case of a foreign juvenile inmate.
2. The notification includes: the date of release, the results of serving imprisonment and other relevant necessary information for consideration, arrangement and establishment of a normal life for that person.
3. If the release date of the juvenile inmate who has completed serving imprisonment is unknown, the prison shall notify the People's Committee of the commune where the prison is located to request assistance, arrangement of food, accommodation, and employment and study; if the commune-level People's Committee cannot arrange food and accommodation for them, the prison shall prepare a file to send them to a social protection facility in that local area.
4. For inmates under 16 years of age or sick inmates from 16 to under 18 years who have no relatives to pick them up on the day of release, the prison shall send someone to take them back to their family or the People's Committee of the commune where they reside.
5. The Government shall detail this Article.
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