turned who are in custody can contact the office.
officers at any time.
All detention cells of the Federal Police Stations at Hamburg Airport and Hamburg Main
Station, as well as Hamburg Anti-Crime Police Station and Hamburg-Altona Federal
Police Station, should be equipped with a fire
protection alarm system in order to enhance the protection of the individuals in custody should a fire break out.
The Federal Agency has already stressed in
connection with the visit to the Federal Police
Station at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport that it
must be ensured that returnees are provided
with food, particularly when they have a
longer journey there. The Hamburg Airport
Federal Police Station is hence recommended to specifically sensitise the officers of the
Land authorities with regard to this problem
in future in order to be able to better identify
the individuals concerned.
The Federal Agency recommends fitting all
detention cells of the Federal Police Stations
visited in Hamburg with lighting that is
dimmable at night, as well as providing the
Federal Police Station in Hamburg Main Station and in the Federal Police Station at
Hamburg-Altona with suitable washable
mattresses.
The Federal Agency particularly welcomes
the fact that detention cells of Hamburg Airport Federal Police Station have daylight.
However, it recommends to implement the
construction changes needed for suicide prevention (replacement of the window bars)
where possible such that daylight is not
considerably reduced. The window bars in
the detention cells of the Federal Anti-Crime
Police Station in Hamburg should also be
replaced when this is done.
Wide-angel spy-holes are also used in the
toilet doors in the Federal Police facilities
visited in Hamburg (for a legal evaluation cf.
page 24).
Fire protection alarm systems have been
installed in all the detention cells at the
Federal Police Stations visited.
Hamburg Federal Police asks the transferring forces of the Länder to ensure that returnees are already adequately fed before
being returned. Moreover, it is also possible
in individual cases for the Federal Police to
first advance money, which is subsequently
refunded by the immigration authorities.
Despite all efforts, unsatisfactory individual
cases did occur in which the Federal Police
unfortunately had to manage to help with
limited funds.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior stated
that the suggestion to install dimmable lighting was still being examined. The detention
cells visited at Hamburg Main Station and in
Hamburg-Altona were always fitted with
washable mattresses, but their replacement
– necessitated by the occasional destruction
by aggressive inmates – could take some
time.
The replacement of window bars in the detention cells of Hamburg Airport Federal
Police Station and of the Federal Anti-Crime
Police Station in Hamburg was currently
being examined by the competent construction office.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior also
considers the use of wide-angel spy-holes
to be necessary to protect the individuals in
custody.
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