CHANCELLOR OF JUSTICE AS THE PREVENTIVE MECHANISM
The PBGB replied that on 14 January 2010 it had started negotiations with the Ministry of Education
and Research to create possibilities for persons in the age of compulsory school attendance in the centre to
acquire education.
(12) In addition, it was verified how female detainees in the centre can communicate with other detainees
if they wish.
The inspection visits have revealed that generally significantly fewer women than men are detained in the
centre, so that usually there is only one woman detainee. As a rule, for security reasons, women and men
are housed on separate floors and they also have separate areas for spending time outside the building. If a
person is detained alone this may have an additional adverse effect on their psychological well-being.
The Chancellor recommended to the Director General of the PBGB to enable women detainees to communicate with other persons in the centre if they wished, while taking additional measures to guarantee
the security of the person if necessary.
The PBGB replied that female and male detainees can communicate with each other during free time
through the wire fence in the exercise yard. They can also make calls to telephones in different accommodation sections.
(13) The inspection visit revealed that due to the organisation of security services, security staff and officials of the centre are not constantly present in the accommodation section, and therefore there have been
delays with the possibility for detainees to call for assistance. The Chancellor recommended to the Director
General of the PBGB to analyse the situation and consider a possibility to install call buttons also in the
accommodation sections.
The PBGB replied that it would look for possibilities for installing a call button within the range of vision
of the video surveillance systems in all the accommodation sections.
(14) The inspection visit revealed that due to budgetary reasons windows in the accommodation sections
had no curtains. The logbook of the centre contained a description of an incident where detainees had
tried to use bed sheets as curtains. The Chancellor recommended to the Director General of the PBGB to
provide curtains for the accommodation sections.
The PBGB informed the Chancellor that curtains had been fitted in the accommodation sections on 19
January 2011.
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