Monitoring activities – adults | 43 Selected recommendations4 • • • •  pdate medicine directions to meet applicable rules U Draw up directions on abstinence treatment and monitoring of inmates with withdrawal symptoms Ensure correct labelling and storage of medicines for inmates Handle unused medicines in accordance with directions and ensure procedures are in place for clearing out the medicine cabinet • I ncrease focus on precise and adequate documentation in reports and weekly records concerning exclusions from association and ensure regular quality control • Ensure unambiguity and clear agreements in relation to cooperation between healthcare workers, including precise framework delegation from doctor to nurse and updating of directions • Ensure inmates can have private telephone conversations that cannot be overheard by fellow inmates The monitoring visit did not give rise to recommendations • • • • Ensure prison’s healthcare staff are informed about exclusions from association Ensure reports on temporary exclusions from association meet applicable requirements Rewrite medicine directions and make them more specific Ensure adequate labelling of medicines for the individual inmates etc. • Introduce procedures for self-checking smoke alarm and electronic equipment in facility • Increase awareness of adequate completion of detention reports • Ensure persons placed in facility are monitored in accordance with applicable rules •E  xtend existing directions on use of force with information about the special rules applicable for convicted persons in social residential facilities • Draw up a policy on violence and threats among residents, including sexual abuse, and guidelines on reporting incidents involving violence and threats to the police • I ncrease focus on precise and adequate documentation in reports and weekly records concerning exclusions from association and ensure regular quality control • Be aware of how staff address inmates – also of remembering to knock before opening the door to a cell • Implement request forms with a copy to the inmate to avoid complaints, doubts etc. • Ensure focus on correct handling of medicines, on offering new inmates a medical examination etc.

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