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Article 15 Families and minors

(1)

Where members of the same family are detained in a short-term holding facility they are entitled to enjoy family life at the short-term holding facility save to the extent necessary in the interests of the security of the short-term holding facility and the safety of a detained person or other persons.

(2)

The following must be provided with sleeping accommodation which is inaccessible to unrelated detained persons aged 18 or over—

(a)

a detained person under the age of 18, and

(b)

a detained family.

(3)

A detained person must be provided with everything reasonably necessary for the protection, safety, well-being, maintenance and care of any person under the age of 18 detained with them for whom they are responsible.