VISITS BY THE JOINT COMMISSION Ebrach Prison Neustrelitz Juvenile Institution (2014) Hahnöfersand Juvenile Penal Institution (2014) X X Laufen-Lebenau Prison X Ottweiler Prison Precautions Staff qualifications X X X X X X Strip-searches X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Rockenberg Prison Schifferstadt Juvenile Penal Institution Wittlich Juvenile Penal Institution X X Hameln Juvenile Institution Raßnitz Juvenile Institution (2014) Regis-Breitingen Juvenile Penal Institution (2014) X Knocking before entering X House rules Berlin Juvenile Penal Institution (2011, 2012) Communicating with foreign language speakers X Specially secured room Adelsheim Prison Recommendation: Communal showers 1 – SPOTLIGHT ON THE EXECUTION OF YOUTH IMPRISONMENT X X X X Wriezen Prison (2014) X Wuppertal-Ronsdorf Prison X X X X X X X X X X After focusing its attention on the execution of youth detention in 2014, this year the Joint Commission put the spotlight on the execution of youth imprisonment. As well as visiting Berlin Juvenile Penal Institution in 2011 und 2012, the Joint Commission had visited and reported on four juvenile penal institutions in 2014. In the course of 2015 it then made inspection visits to another nine juvenile penal institutions, which means that it has now visited institutions in 12 of the Länder. Overall, the situation as regards decent and humane conditions of detention in juvenile justice is good. There was thus little occasion to make any general recommendations. 1.1 – POSITIVE FINDINGS In comparison to the adult penal system, the specialist services employ large numbers of staff to provide intensive supervision and treatment to young offenders. In addition, general prison service staff in most of the Länder now undergo special training and development in regard to the execution of juvenile imprisonment. The specialist services and the general 28