Correctional institutions aspects should be attributed greater significance. Further mandatory training events on the topic should be offered for those officers who regularly conduct body searches with disrobement. On the contrary, the Federal Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice does not consider it necessary to provide special training beyond the “Law enforcement competence” (“Exekutive Kompetenz”) further training event. The recommendation of the NPM is thus not being followed. Upon the recommendation of the NPM (see NPM Report 2018, pp. 134 et seq.), conducting a body search with disrobement during a restraint with handcuffs was included in the new version of the teaching aid “Searching persons”. Regrettably, the problem of how to proceed in cases in which the members of the task force are all male and the person to be searched is a woman is not addressed, as was recommended by the NPM. Body search during restraint XX  All body searches shall be conducted in such a way as to respect the sense of pride and human dignity. XX  It shall be ensured that no unnecessary or routine naked body searches and inspection of normally covered orifices shall be conducted, as these are in violation of the law and are inhumane and humiliating. XX  Body searches with disrobement shall be conducted in two steps so that the person to be searched does not have to fully undress. XX  Body searches with disrobement shall be conducted by specially trained law enforcement officers of the same gender as the person to be searched only. Special mandatory further training events should be offered for the officers who regularly have to conduct such body searches. XX  Alternative methods (for example, the use of body scanners) shall be developed for the purpose of replacing body searches including those with disrobement. 2.5.3 Health care 2.5.3.1 Suicide prevention Suicide is a common cause of death in correctional institutions. Detainees are a high-risk group of vulnerable persons. Every suicide is a stressful incident both for the law enforcement officers and the other prisoners. All correctional institutions are requested to develop suicide prevention concepts and to evaluate these at regular intervals. The visit to Korneuburg correctional institution in February 2019 focused on suicide prevention. The starting point here was the existing prevention concept which was classified as exemplary in 2017. However, after interviewing Korneuburg correctional institution 110

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