Inmates in Vietnam must wear long clothes, sandals, and keep their hair neat when meeting relatives

Inmates in Vietnam must wear long clothes, sandals, and keep their hair neat when meeting relatives (Illustrative photo)

According to Article 15 of the Military Detention Center Regulations issued in conjunction with Circular 132/2012/TT-BQP, the responsibilities of relatives and inmates during family visits in Vietnam are specified as follows:

- Relatives visiting inmates must strictly comply with the law, the rules of the visiting area, follow the guidance of the officers in charge of organizing the visits, and other responsible officers.

- When meeting relatives, inmates must strictly comply with the regulations of the detention center, the rules of the visiting area, and follow the guidance of the officers in charge of organizing the visits. Before meeting relatives, inmates must clean themselves, wear long clothes, sandals, and have neat hair according to the regulations.

Additionally, the responsibilities of the officers on duty during family visits in Vietnam are regulated as follows:

- The officers on duty during family visits must be officers or professional soldiers with professional qualifications, work experience, and the ability to manage and supervise inmates.

- During their duties, officers must strictly comply with the law, regulations, and rules. It is strictly forbidden for officers and soldiers to engage in negative behaviors, cause inconvenience to inmates or their relatives, or arbitrarily receive, transfer letters, money, gifts, and other objects for inmates.

- The officers on duty during family visits are responsible for receiving and checking the documents of visitors, preparing the list of inmates to be visited for the Warden’s approval before allowing the visit; they are responsible for checking people, letters, money, gifts, and objects, and supervising the inmates from the time of receipt until the inmates are handed back to the duty officer in the area, recording in the Entry and Exit Book of inmates. In cases where many relatives visit at the same time, the officer organizing the visit must request the unit commander to reinforce supervision personnel to ensure the tightness and safety of the visit work. It is forbidden to use inmates or request others to receive documents or carry out visit procedures on behalf of the officers.

- The officers on duty during family visits must record in the Visit Monitoring Book, fully update information; report the visit situation to the Warden, and immediately hand over inmates’ money, medicines, and other items (if any) to the responsible management officer.

- It is strictly forbidden to collect money per visit from relatives visiting inmates or to charge fees for additional visiting time; to charge fees for visits in private rooms within the visiting area.

Details can be found at Circular 132/2012/TT-BQP, which comes into effect in Vietnam from January 21, 2013.

Le Vy

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