Contents
A. General information about the work of the National Agency ...................................... 10
I.
History and legal foundation ....................................................................................... 10
II.
The foundation created for the work of the National Agency ...................................... 11
1. Institutional framework and legal nature .................................................................... 11
2. Tasks and powers ...................................................................................................... 11
3. Provision with staff and funding ................................................................................. 13
B. Implementation of the National Agency’s inspection visits ........................................ 15
I.
Basis ........................................................................................................................... 15
II.
Procedure followed in the inspection visits ................................................................. 15
III.
Inspection of the files .................................................................................................. 17
IV.
Submission of recommendations and reactions by the authorities ............................. 18
V.
The spotlight of the visits by the National Agency and examples of best practice ..... 18
C. Presentation of the main results of the Federal Agency’s visits ................................ 25
I.
Federal Police ............................................................................................................. 25
1. Munich Airport and Munich Main Station Federal Police Stations, as well as
Munich Eastern Station Federal Police Station in May 2010 ..................................... 25
2. Berlin-Schönefeld Airport Federal Police Station in July 2010................................... 26
3. Federal Police Stations at Hamburg Airport and Hamburg Main Station, as well as
the Federal Anti-Crime Police Station in August 2010 ............................................... 27
4. Kehl Federal Police Station in November 2010 ......................................................... 29
5. Federal Police Stations in Düsseldorf Airport and Düsseldorf in January 2011......... 30
6. Federal Police Station in Dresden and in the Federal Police Station at Dresden
Airport in May 2011 .................................................................................................... 31
7. Berlin Eastern Station Federal Police Station and Berlin-Lichtenberg Federal
Police Station in June 2011 ....................................................................................... 33
II.
Federal Armed Forces ................................................................................................ 34
1. Burg Federal Armed Forces barracks in July 2010.................................................... 34
2. Torgelow and Viereck Federal Armed Forces barracks in October 2010 .................. 34
3. Sigmaringen and Stetten a.k.M. Federal Armed Forces barracks in September
2011 ........................................................................................................................... 35
III.
Customs...................................................................................................................... 36
1. Dresden customs investigation office in May 2011 .................................................... 36
2. Berlin customs investigation office in June 2011 ....................................................... 38
D. Description of the essential results of the visits by the Commission of the Länder 39
I.
Prisons ........................................................................................................................ 39
1. Rosdorf prison in October 2010 ................................................................................. 39
2. Frankfurt III women’s prison in January 2011 ............................................................ 40
3. Berlin youth prison in April 2011 ................................................................................ 42
4. Bernau am Chiemsee prison in May 2011 ................................................................. 44
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