Monitoring activities the existing infrastructure and detention regime at Favra are not suitable for administrative detention under the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (FNIA). The Commission again urged the authorities to cease using the Favra facility for administrative detention under the FNIA and to transfer the persons currently detained there to a facility better suited for this purpose. b. Health care monitoring The Commission conducted eight visits to assess health care provision in pre-trial detention facilities and prisons. The focus of these visits was on gender-specific health care, psychiatric care and the implementation of epidemiological requirements.13 i. Hindelbank Correctional Facility (BE)14 During its visit to the Hindelbank Correctional Facility (JVA) in January, the Commission found the quality of health care provision to be good. In particular, it welcomed the availability of health care geared to the needs of female inmates and effective implementation of legal epidemiological requirements. The activities of internal prevention officer, who regularly and actively visits the detained women, are also worth mentioning. The Commission recommended that in cases of self-endangerment and suicidal tendencies, admission to a solitary confinement cell should generally only be considered as a short, temporary measure and that the women affected should be transferred to a psychiatric institution as soon as possible. The Commission suggested a corresponding addition to the otherwise detailed ‘Guidelines on Suicidal Tendencies’ of the Hindelbank Correctional Facility. In order to ensure closer health care provision, the Commission also suggested increasing medical staff or providing greater access to the health service. The Commission furthermore supported the management’s plan to regularly and systematically organise the recommended preventive medical check-ups, particularly for inmates serving long prison sentences. Art. 30 Ordinance on the Control of Communicable Diseases in Humans of 29 April 2015 (Epidemics Ordinance, EpidO), SR 818.101.1. Letter to the Bern Cantonal Council regarding the NCPT’s visit to the Hindelbank Correctional Facility on 31 January 2020. 13 14 Activity report NCPT 2020 13