Judgment No CCZ 4/14 16 Const. Application No SC 207/11 (a) The holding cells shall have clean and salubrious flushing toilets with toilet paper and a washing bowl. (b) The flushing toilets shall be cordoned off from the main cell to ensure privacy. A good standard of hygiene shall be maintained in the holding cells. (c) (d) Every person detained in police custody overnight shall be furnished with a clean mattress and adequate blankets. (e) Adequate bathing facilities shall be provided for all persons detained in custody overnight. Every person detained shall have access at all times to wholesome drinking water from a source other than the tap above the toilet. (f) (g) Women detained in police custody shall be allowed to keep their undergarments including brassieres, and to wear suitable footwear. 4. There shall be no order as to costs. GARWE JA: 1 agree MAKARAU JA: I agree GOWORA JA: 1 agree OMERJEE AJA: I agree Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, applicants’ legal practitioners Attorney General’s Office, respondents’ legal practitioners

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