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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