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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)