MONITORING PLACES OF DETENTION : A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR NGOS 12 3.2.3 Mandate of national preventive mechanisms ............................................. 3.2.4 Guarantees for national preventive mechanisms ................................... 3.2.5 Access to places where persons are deprived of their liberty .. 3.3 Follow-up of visits under the Optional Protocol ........................................................ 3.3.1 Reporting and recommendations .............................................................................. 3.3.2 Complementary preventive action .......................................................................... 3.3.3 Direct contact with the Sub-Committee ........................................................... 4. Coordination between various visiting bodies ......................................................................... 4.1 Coordination between domestic visiting bodies ......................................................... 4.2 Coordination between international and national visiting bodies .......... 4.3 Coordination between international visiting bodies ............................................... 45 47 50 51 51 51 52 52 53 53 55 Chapter III: How to monitor places of detention ...................................................................... 1. The framework of monitoring ...................................................................................................................... 2 Establishing a monitoring programme ............................................................................................... 2.1 Establishing a programme of visits ............................................................................................ 2.2 Choosing the places ....................................................................................................................................... 2.3 Length of the visits ......................................................................................................................................... 2.4 Frequency of the visits ............................................................................................................................... 2.5 The visiting team .............................................................................................................................................. 2.5.1 Composition ....................................................................................................................................... 2.5.2 Size ................................................................................................................................................................ 2.5.3 Training .................................................................................................................................................... 3. Preparing the visit ....................................................................................................................................................... 3.1 Preparatory work ............................................................................................................................................... 3.2 Setting the objectives for the visit ................................................................................................ 4. The visit itself .................................................................................................................................................................. 4.1 Initial talk with the head of the place of detention ................................................... 4.2 Consultation of registers and other documents ............................................................ 4.3 Visiting the premises of detention facilities ..................................................................... 4.4 Interviews with persons deprived of their liberty ...................................................... 4.4.1 General considerations .......................................................................................................... 4.4.2 Group talk ............................................................................................................................................. 4.4.3 Talks in private ............................................................................................................................... 4.4.4 Talks with the staff in charge of persons deprived of liberty .. 4.5 Final talk with the director .................................................................................................................... 59 61 65 65 65 66 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 73 74 74 75 77 78 78 79 80 82 83