Monitoring activities vi. Canton Basel-Stadt Remand Prison (Waaghof) (BS)20 In August, the Commission found that the quality of health care provision at the Basel-Stadt Remand Prison was good, particularly with regard to the detailed documentation of various aspects of health care. The Commission noted that there had been no changes regarding the supply of light and air quality since its last visit21. The Commission criticised the fact that safety and security measures sometimes last longer than seven days and referred to the relevant requirements that a person at risk of suicide must be transferred to an appropriate psychiatric facility. During its visit, the Commission inspected the special ward for mentally ill persons within the facility, where daily supervision is adapted to the needs of the persons detained there. To ensure that the detention regime in the special ward can also be maintained on weekends, the Commission recommended that the necessary personnel measures be introduced. It also recommended that the psychiatric care options in the special ward be expanded and that transfers to suitable psychiatric facilities be ordered if necessary. Because detained women do not have access to the special ward due to the need to keep male and female inmates apart, the Commission recommended that consideration be given to establishing a special setting with a suitable detention regime for female inmates who are mentally ill. Finally, the Commission feels that female juvenile delinquents should not be placed or kept for extended periods of time in the facility wherever possible. vii. La Promenade Detention Centre (NE)22 During its inspection visit in September, the Commission was pleased to note the quality of the medical care at the La Promenade Detention Centre. Because the health service currently works outside the facility in container units, the Commission recommended Letter to the Basel-Stadt Cantonal Council regarding the NCPT’s follow-up visit to the Canton of Basel-Stadt Remand Prison on 18 September 2020. 21 See Report to the Basel-Stadt Cantonal Council concerning the NCPT’s inspection visit to the Basel-Stadt Remand Prison (Waaghof) on 23 and 24 October 2014. 22 Letter to the Neuchatel Cantonal Council concerning the NCPT’s inspection visit to the La Promenade Detention Centre on 29 September 2020. 20 16 Activity report NCPT 2020