Reaction: The new Prison Act also provided for accommodation in accommodation groups for adult prisons. The prison governors were hence being called upon to draw up plans for their respective prisons. The Commission found that there were no regular consulting hours in Brandenburg an der Havel prison in accordance with section 108 of the Prison Act and also that no prisoners’ co-responsibility body had been established in accordance with section 160 of the Prison Act. A good atmosphere between staff and inmates is promoted amongst other things by opportunities to speak with the prison governor. The prerequisites for this are favourable, particularly in small to mediumsized prisons such as in Brandenburg an der Havel. Reaction: The prison governor had been requested in accordance with section 108 subsection (1) sentence 2 of the Prison Act to establish regular consulting hours and to see to it that a prisoners’ co-responsibility body was set up. The medical expert particularly praised the central medical care provided by the prison after inspecting the infirmary and the out-patient department. The Central Medical Care Department, consisting of the infirmary and the out-patient department, was nice and large, clean and beyond reproach in hygienic terms. Additionally, the atmosphere in the department was good and the staff were friendly. The equipment in the facility was of a very high standard, particularly as a result of the clever networking with external surgeries and hospital facilities, something which was particularly advantageous in the operative care sector. A separate B 1 wing with eight beds in Brandenburg an der Havel clinic should be emphasised in this context. This was staffed with supervisory and care staff from the prison. Inmates were taken in here if and as long as their condition required the resources of a specialist hospital. Medical care there was provided by the relevant specialist physicians from the clinic. The infirmary was able to cater for 22 somatic and eight psychiatric patients in two-bed rooms and single rooms with partitioned off bathrooms, one of which was accessible for persons with disabilities. Furthermore, it had a videomonitored crisis intervention room with anti-vandalism sanitary fittings and a bed with a Segufix belt fixation system. Moreover, the psychiatric sub-wing had six beds, the patients who were taken in here not being cared for by the prison doctors, but by specialist doctors from the department for psychiatry and psychotherapy of the neighbouring Asklepios Clinic. The infirmary was responsible for taking in inmates from all prisons of the Land Brandenburg, where the occupancy situation permitted. 56