Other contacts and activities
a ssess health care provision. The FOPH approved continuation of
the project until 2023. From the summer of 2021, greater attention
will be placed on preventive measures provided for in the Epidemics
Ordinance27 in detention facilities as well as (for the first time) on
implementation of the recommendation on the sharing of health
care costs. Another focus will be the review of health care provision
as well as measures taken to restrict movement at detention facilities during an epidemic or pandemic (COVID-19).28
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ontacts with cantonal and other
authorities
a.
Coordination Conference on Correctional Services
The new Commission Chair introduced herself in August at a
meeting of the Swiss Coordination Conference on Correctional Services and presented the Commission’s current priority topics to the
three General Secretaries, the representative of the General Secretariat of the CCJPD, the Swiss Conference of Heads of Correctional
Services, the Swiss Competence Centre for the Execution of Criminal Penalties and the Federal Office of Justice. The Coordination
Conference pointed out that it would take time to implement
Commission recommendations, especially in the area of health
care, as these would have to be incorporated into the legal bases of
the corresponding intercantonal agreements. Those who attended
the meeting agreed on the need for greater cooperation in order to
avoid duplication of efforts in priority areas and to enable available
resources to be used in a more targeted manner.
b. Dialogue with the Return and Removal Committee
The Commission met with representatives of the Return and
Removal Committee in May and discussed its observations and recommendations resulting from its monitoring of forced returns by
air. During the reporting year, the Commission regularly contacted
representatives of the Return and Removal Committee to obtain
Art. 30 EpidO.
Art. 30 and Art. 31 EpidA.
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