Correctional institutions administration’s follow-up care management need only arrange for a suitable facility at the time of conditional release. The Federal Ministry informs the facility operator that the facility bears full responsibility, and the necessary long-term planning for the transition to freedom is considered to be part of the follow-up care concept. In this regard, the NPM states: if conditional release is not revoked, it must be declared final. This ends any connection with the justice administration that may still exist. If persons cannot return to an independent lifestyle for reasons of age or poor health, it is the task of the Laender to offer them appropriate facilities where they can live and receive a certain level of care. Laender responsibility As part of effective interface management, it is the task of the facility in which the persons live until their conditional release. They need to contact the operators of social services facilities after obtaining the consent of the persons in question and facilities should then be proposed to the affected persons where they can live in the future and receive care. Offerings for released persons XX 2.5.3  The Laender should offer supervised housing to persons who cannot return to an independent lifestyle due to age or poor health. Prison inmates with psychological ideosyncrasies 2.5.3.1 Specialised care and therapy - Stein correctional institution; Garsten correctional institution During visits to Stein correctional institution in February 2016 and Garsten correctional institution in June 2015, the NPM found that prison inmates who were classified as persons with psychological ideosyncrasies were not receiving adequate specialised care and therapy. Moreover, Stein correctional institution did not ensure that they were housed separately from other prison inmates. Blatantly underserved Prison inmates who are not suited for imprisonment with the general prison population due to their psychological ideosyncrasies (Section 129 of the Penitentiary System Act) must receive special therapeutic care for their condition. In addition, this group has a subjective right to be housed separately from other prison inmates under public law. Oberservations made by the NPM revealed a structural problem with respect to the care and housing of this group. The NPM emphasised that these persons need intensive care provided by specialised personnel. If they do not receive this treatment, their health is jeopardised, and therefore their right to health. Structural weakness 115

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