meet the standards for a medical facility.  To guarantee adequate medical care to patients, the special medical facility at the Stein correctional institution must be converted into an open ward.  Defective cell intercom equipment and emergency call bells in the special medical facility at the Stein correctional institution must be replaced immediately. There continues to be a lack of personnel not only at the special medical facility but also at the out-patient clinic of the Stein correctional institution – particularly with respect to psychiatric care. The commissions observed that the current consultation schedule for psychiatrists, i.e. 40 patients in five hours, is very tight. This inevitably results in an average treatment time of seven and a half minutes per patient. Too little time for patients In the opinion of the NPM, it is not possible to give reasonable attention to the patient and to make a serious exploration of the patient’s condition within this period of time. The Federal Ministry of Justice reports that it is making serious efforts to hire another psychiatrist. Unfortunately, the initially promising contact with a potential third psychiatrist was not successfully finalised. In light of the current salary, hiring a psychiatrist will be difficult to manage. However, the Ministry promises to continue an intensive search for a psychiatrist.  Efforts to hire a third psychiatrist The NPM considers it necessary to hire additional medical personnel, particularly for the purpose of psychiatric care in the out-patient clinic of the Stein correctional institution. Lock-up instead of medication – Floridsdorf satellite facility, Mittersteig correctional institution During their visit to the Floridsdorf correctional institution, the delegation perceived a note posted on the door to the cell of an inmate with relaxed sentence. The note read: “Lock-up until further notice: Monday to Thursday 2:30 p.m., Friday 12:30 p.m., Saturday, weekend, holiday 11:30 a.m.”. Lengthy lock-up When questioned, the prison warden stated that the inmate is overweight and is always hungry and has already eaten discarded food from the trash bin. He is in danger of poisoning himself. Food cravings The NPM requested information. In particular, it asked whether the institution’s physician had addressed the inmate’s suffering, what alternatives had been considered before choosing the aforementioned restrictions on the inmate’s freedom and why they were rejected. The Federal Ministry of Justice replied that the reason for restricting the inmate’s freedom of movement was to protect him from contaminating himself with germs from the organic waste bin from which he pathologically takes discarded food. Due to the reduction in Supposed selfprotection 103