VIII)  Permanently unemployable convicts compensation aids at the time of the systematic visits. Health care provided by the prison must be comprehensive. Medical staff should provide patients with all information leading to a better quality of life of persons with disabilities In one prison, I found that 11 immobile clients had the total of 7 adjustable beds (electrical and mechanical) that were assigned on the basis of the prison physician’s prescription, 4 free-standing movable bed trapezes and 3 special retractable tables for ease of eating. The convicts thus had to wait for others to be released from prison, because that was the only way to get an adjustable bed, trapeze, or other compensation aid. In another case, an amputee was not aware of the possibility to get a prosthetic limb. It did not occur to the prison physician to actively inform the convicts of the possibility to get prosthetic limbs. I also documented a case of a foreign national with severe movement impairment preventing him from standing or sitting without support, who was not provided with a wheelchair for three quarters of a year. One example of insufficient provision of compensation aids consisted in a convicted diabetic dependent on insulin, who is also nearly blind according to an expert’s opinion. Despite this fact, he was not provided with aids for blind diabetics (a special insulin pen, voice activated glucose meter). I recommend that the General Directorate of the Prison Service: •• Ensures the availability of rehabilitation care to convicts whose medical condition requires it. •• Ensures adequate medical (compensation) aids to persons with health handicaps. /41/