Correctional institutions
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In addition to the medical addiction programme (e.g. opioid substitution therapy),
effective therapy options shall be offered to the detainees with a substance use disorder.
Lack of enforcement and care plans
St. Pölten correctional
institution
On the visits to St. Pölten correctional institution in November 2018 and
January 2019, the NPM learned that neither enforcement plans nor individual
treatment plans are created for detainees with a substance use disorder
awaiting trial. Due to the staff situation, an enforcement plan is only set up
for detainees with a sentence of at least 18 months.
Clear guidelines
The guidelines (for the counselling, care and treatment of persons suffering
from addiction in detention awaiting trial, in facilities of the penitentiary
system and in facilities for the detention of and mentally ill offenders) stipulate
that an enforcement plan shall be created for each “addicted detainee” even if
they are in pre-trial detention. The multi-professional treatment team shall, in
addition, create an individual treatment plan in the initial phase. This should
serve as the basis for the planning and organisation of a detainee’s stay in a
correctional institution and is a component of the enforcement plan.
Apparently, the allocated permanent law enforcement positions as well as the
staff capacity in the specialised services do not suffice to meet the guidelines.
Alignment of the human resources to the actual requirements is required
in order to ensure adequate living conditions in line with the prevention of
human rights violations for detainees.
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An enforcement plan and an individual treatment plan shall be created during pre-trial
detention for persons with a substance use disorder.
2.5.3.7 Therapies
Universal access rights to files for all specialist services
Graz-Karlau correctional
institution
In May 2018 the NPM visited the department for mentally ill offenders of GrazKarlau correctional institution. The focus of the visit was the psychotherapeutic
and forensic psychological treatment of the detainees.
Split documentation
After examining the documentation, the NPM found that (medical) records do
not contain the information collected on the treated persons in a concentrated
form. Furthermore, the psychological service had to move its documentation
to external data carriers (USB sticks) because insufficient memory is provided
by the judiciary on the PC servers.
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