The Commission of the Länder recommends to affix appropriate devices. The hygienic conditions in the sanitary area in Building 9 should also be improved (cf. also p. 22). dom monitoring of the shower rooms was said to be necessary for this, which could only be effectively and considerately provided by a room which one could see into. As to the 12 available showers, so far no capacity problems had come to notice. The cleaning was said to be in line with the hygienic requirements and regulations. It was said to be correct that the shower room needed repairs. It was planned to completely renew it soon. Inmates stated that some cells with multiple occupation did not have a separate sanitary area. Should this be the case, it should be remedied urgently. The statement by the inmates is said not to stand up to a subsequent check. Only in extremely rare exceptional cases was this said to be conceivable for a short period. Roughly one-half of the inmates in Bernau prison currently have no employment. The Commission of the Länder requests the prison governor to continue to endeavour to increase the employment offered. Whilst the employment opportunities in the internal workshops had remained constant or increased in some cases, the number of jobs in the companies’ shops had been falling for years for a variety of reasons. The Ministry was said to be aware of the problem and to be hence endeavouring to expand the employment opportunities for inmates both in the internal workshops and in companies’ shops. The Commission of the Länder considers the existing sport and leisure services to be inadequate, and urgently recommends to expand the range of sports services which are available, including those that do not depend on the weather. It was stated that the sport and leisure on offer in Bernau Prison were indeed still limited. There were plans for the years to come to install a fitness room and a sports hall and additional sports places. The Commission of the Länder recommends A common room in the admissions area for to also suitably take account of non-smoker up to three individuals is said to be made protection in the admissions area. available for non-smokers. Should there be more than three non-smokers per week among the new-arrivals, further single cells would be available in wing Z0, in which detention cells were also located. A separate isolation, comparable to detention, was said not to be associated with such accommodation. The Commission of the Länder recommends to review the strict handling of the granting of relaxations of the detention regime and leave, as well as a comparison with other Because of the structure of the inmate population at Bernau Prison, relaxations of the detention regime and leave were said to be only possible to a restricted degree. The 46