7 It is true that the related statement of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture is acceptable to some extent (“with the consent of the inmate, the initial examination is not conducted until the regular visit is scheduled to take place, if the person concerned states that his/her state of health does not give rise to any concerns”). Nevertheless, the NPM takes the liberty to address the point in time in which the initial examination is performed, in particular also with regard to the detection and prevention of infectious diseases at the earliest stage possible, and it recommends that awareness be raised with the prison officers with regard to the fact that an initial examination of inmates should take place after consultation with the institution’s physician as early as possible, ideally upon the inmates admission to the State Prison. If, due to a lack of language skills on the part of the inmate, there are considerable communication problems, the use of the services of an interpreter is recommended as well. B) Imprisonment room at the border crossing point Schaanwald / Tisis 1. On 17 September 2018, from 09:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., an unannounced visit to the two imprisonment rooms at the border crossing point Schaanwald / Tisis was made. As was the case in 2011, the NPM found that the material conditions of imprisonment were very good. Each of the two rooms includes a wooden cot, a wooden table, a wooden chair and a drinking water station and a toilet. Both cells are also equipped with an alarm button, an intercom system and a peephole. The review of the journal in which detentions of generally no more than 3 to 4 hours are entered gave no rise to critique either. C) Liechtenstein National Police (Liechtensteinische Landespolizei)

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