ANNEX II
List of recommendations
by the Austrian Ombudsman Board and its commissions
I. INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES
Infrastructural fixtures and fittings
HOSPITALS / PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES
The configuration of the space and the organisational procedures in psychiatric institutions can
contribute significantly to the prevention of violence and aggression.
INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES OPERATED BY CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE AUTHORITIES
Facilities operated by child and youth welfare organisations must be fully accessible.
POLICE DETENTION CENTRES / POLICE STATIONS
The toilet areas in the cells for multiple inmates must be structurally separated.
Cells for multiple inmates without (fully) walled-in toilet areas may not house more than one
inmate until they have been renovated.
Social areas must be created for inmates serving an administrative penalty.
Police detention centres must be cleaned regularly and at proper intervals.
The showers must be checked regularly (particularly the direction in which the shower water
sprays) and repaired, if necessary (replacement of shower heads).
Inmates must be given daily access to restroom sinks with warm water connections.
Police stations must be hygienic, well-kept and equipped with functioning heating systems.
A permanently activated call bell system must be provided so that persons in police custody
can always contact the guards.
Police stations should be accessible barrier-free; the existing staged plan under the Federal Act
on the Equal Treatment of Persons with Disabilities (Bundes-Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz)
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