Primary grounds upon which verifications were taken up with the authorities The CGLPL may request observations concerning various different issues from authorities to which cases are referred. However, the CGLPL defines each inquiry case-file on the basis of the primary grounds for verification. Primary grounds with regard to health institutions receiving involuntary patients Psychiatric hospital grounds Total Solitary confinement (duration, traceability, other) 5 Procedures (Liberty and custody judge, Medical treatment committee) 3 Relations with the outside world (visits, telephone) 3 Preparation for release (preliminary discharge, lifting of hospitalisation) 2 Assignment (inappropriate unit, other) 2 Legal information and advice (lawyer, information) 2 Voting rights 1 Activities (access to sport) 1 Access to healthcare (care programme) 1 Total 20 Primary grounds concerning penal institutions Penal institution grounds Total Access to healthcare (somatic, specialist, psychiatric, etc.) 72 Physical conditions (accommodation, hygiene/upkeep, canteens, etc.) 46 Relations with the outside world (access to visiting rights, telephone, etc.) 43 Transfer (requested, administrative, conditions of the transfer, etc.) 38 Relations between prisoners (threats/racketeering/theft, physical violence, etc.) 36 Internal order (discipline, body searches, security devices, etc.) 36 Activities (work, IT, education/training, sports, etc.) 27 Internal assignment (assignment to a cell, differentiated regime, etc.) 21 Solitary confinement (grounds, conditions, duration, etc.) 19 Preparation for release (administrative formalities, adjustment of sentences, etc.) 15 Legal information and advice (means of remedy, personal data access, etc.) 11 Financial situation (payment to civil parties, consideration of poverty, etc.) 11 Prisoner/staff relations (violence, confrontational relations) 7 Self-harming behaviour (suicide/suicide attempt, hunger/thirst strike, etc.) 6 Procedures (procedural litigation, revelation of grounds of imprisonment, etc.) 5 Transfers (for medical or legal reasons, conditions, cancellations, etc.) 5 Religion (cultural items, diet, access) 4 Other (processing of appeals, right to vote, other) 5 Total 407 127