The Federal Agency recommends to equip
the detention rooms of the Federal Police
Station at Dresden Airport with night lighting (e.g. dimmable lighting or a night light).
The conversion of the lighting in the detention cells of the Federal Police Station at
Dresden Airport is said to have now been
commissioned from the airport operator and
to be under examination by the latter.
7. Berlin Eastern Station Federal Police Station and Berlin-Lichtenberg
Federal Police Station in June 2011
The Federal Agency carried out a visit to the Berlin Eastern Station Federal Police Station
and to the Berlin-Lichtenberg Federal Police Station on 30 June 2011. The inspection at both
units covered the entire detention area, as well as some questioning and search rooms. The
Berlin Eastern Station Federal Police Station and the Berlin-Lichtenberg Federal Police Station each have two detention cells. The Federal Agency inspected the detention documents
in both units.
Recommendations of the Federal Agency
The Federal Agency points to the need to
immediately inform persons of their
rights in police custody (cf. also C I. 6.)
All rooms that were inspected were adequately heated and ventilated. However,
they do not have daylight or natural ventilation. The Federal Agency would like to
stress that daylight and natural ventilation
are regarded as necessary. At least with
new buildings, this should be considered in
the construction planning (cf. C.I.6).
The detention cells at the Eastern Station
do not have any fire alarms. The Federal
Agency points out that it considers fire
alarms to be necessary in the cells or at
least in the anteroom.
Reaction of the Federal Ministry of the
Interior
The treatment of detained persons by the
Federal Police is said to be regulated in section 41 of the Act on the Federal Police (Gesetz über die Bundespolizei). Moreover, the
information was documented in individual
cases by a record of the apprehension which
also had to be signed by the person concerned. This record was said to include the
information on appeals mentioned by the
Federal Agency.
The recommendation regarding daylight and
natural ventilation that was made for the detention cells of Berlin Eastern Station Federal
Police Station is said to be noted for the case
of a new construction project. Detention facilities of the Federal Police, unlike prisons,
were said in general to be only designed for a
short
detention
period.
Construction
measures for the present cells were therefore
not considered to be necessary.
The Federal Police Headquarters is said to
have requested the competent Federal Office
for Building and Regional Planning to fit the
facility with fire protection alarm systems.
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