TABLE OF CONTENTS I General information about the work of the National Agency 11 1 – Background 12 1.1 – Institutional framework 12 1.2 – Tasks 12 1.3 – Powers 12 2 – The National Agency in the international context 13 2.1 – Worldwide torture prevention 13 2.2 – The National Agency’s international activities 13 3 – Standards 14 3.1 – Protection of privacy 14 3.2 – Physical restraint 14 3.3 – Solitary confinement 15 3.4 – Furnishings and fittings in prison cells 15 3.5 – Furnishings and fittings in custody cells 15 3.6 – Documenting short-term custody 15 3.7 – Instruction about rights 15 4 – Specific issues 16 4.1 – Implementation of recommendations (follow-up process) 16 4.2 – The police 16 4.3 – Draft legislation 18 4.4 – Enquiries by individuals 18 II Visits by the Federal Agency 21 1 – Federal Police 22 1.1 – Federal Police stations 22 1.2 – Forced return from Leipzig to Belgrade 23
2 – Federal Armed Forces and customs 23 2.1 – “Am Goldenen Barracks, Freyung 23 2.2 – Customs boat “Helgoland” 23 III Visits by the Joint Commission 27 1 – Spotlight on the execution of imprisonment 28 1.1 – Positive findings 28 1.2 – Recommendations 29 2 – Youth detention centres 30 3 – Prisons 31 4 – The police 31 4.1 – Physical restraint 32 4.2 – Strip-searches 32 4.3 – Instruction about rights 32 4.4 – Custody books 32 4.5 – Toilets 33 4.6 – Further recommendations 33 5 – Pre-deportation detention facilities 33 6 – Child and youth welfare facilities 34 7 – Residential care homes and nursing homes for the elderly 34 8 – Psychiatric clinics 35 IV 37 1 – Chronological list of visits 38 2 – Members of the Federal Agency 39 3 – Members of the Commission 39 4 – Activities in the period review 40
Recommendation: Specially secured room Communal showers Communicating with foreign language speakers House rules Knocking before entering Precautions Staff qualifications Adelsheim Prison X X X X X Berlin Juvenile Penal Institution (2011, 2012) X X X Ebrach Prison X X X X X Neustrelitz Juvenile Institution (2014) Hahnöfersand Juvenile Institution (2014) X X X Hameln Juvenile Institution X X Laufen-Lebenau Prison X X X X X X Ottweiler Prison X X X Raßnitz Juvenile Institution (2014) X X Regis-Breitingen Juvenile Penal Institution (2014) X X Rockenberg Prison X X X Schifferstadt Juvenile Penal Institution X X X Wittlich Juvenile Penal Institution X X Wriezen Prison (2014) X X Wuppertal-Ronsdorf Prison X X X X After focusing its attention on the execution of youth detention in 2014, this year the Joint Commission put the spotlight on the execution of youth imprisonment. As well as visiting Berlin Juvenile Penal Institution in 2011 und 2012, the Joint Commission had visited and reported on four juvenile penal institutions in 2014. In the course of 2015 it then made inspection visits to another nine juvenile penal institutions, which means that it has now visited institutions in 12 of the Länder. Overall, the situation as regards decent and humane conditions of detention in juvenile justice is good. There was thus little occasion to make any general recommendations. In comparison to the penal system, the specialist services employ large numbers of staff to provide intensive supervision and treatment to young offenders. In addition, general prison service staff in most of the Länder now undergo special training and development in regard to the execution of juvenile imprisonment. The specialist services and the general