Reaction: The establishment of detention in accommodation groups was a question of prison design and had nothing whatever to do with aspects of torture or inappropriate treatment. It was furthermore implemented in suitable areas such as social therapy, youth prisons, women’s prisons, special treatment wings and in future also in preventive detention. The prison was making efforts to expand its range of treatments with a treatment wing, which was to additionally include an arrangement similar to an accommodation group and to act as a social learning environment to facilitate treatment. The impression had arisen among inmates of the Muslim faith because of a variety of incidents that the prison staff was harassing them because of their faith. For instance, a delivery of sausage for Ramadan had not been inspected on arrival as to its contents, and had then been destroyed on grounds that it had not been kept sufficiently cool. This was evidently not adequately explained to the inmates concerned. The inmates furthermore complained that there was frequently sausage for the evening meal which they were not permitted to eat for religious reasons. They therefore only received the raw fruit and vegetables with bread that was on the menu. There was no replacement for the sausage. In order to avoid the impression of discrimination, steps should be taken in order to create an awareness among the officers in general for dealing with inmates from various cultural backgrounds. It must be ensured that all inmates were treated equally. Reaction: The prison was making considerable efforts to do justice to the special needs of inmates of Muslim faith. The prison was particularly keen for no victimisation or “harassment” to take place. Various sides, including the advisory prison council, had confirmed that the prison maintained particularly intensive contact with the Imams in a spirit of partnership, and that the Muslim inmates were taken care of in this respect in an exemplary and highly proactive manner. Seven Imams/prayer leaders were now working in the prison: A prayer meeting offered by them took place once per week. The Imams had been attending the religious celebrations for years, which always took place reliably and without any problems, by attending the celebrations. They spoke to and with the inmates and also funded the meals purchased via the prison. The external delivery of food for Ramadan had been a positive exception to the ban on bringing in food in accordance with section 37 subsection 1 sentence 3 of the Hesse Prison Act (HStVollzG). Unlike as agreed with the mosque associations, it had however not been non-perishable sausage that did not need to be kept cool, but one which had to be kept cool the whole time. The refrigeration chain had already been broken by the supplier, so that it was no longer possible to serve the sausage for food hygiene reasons. 52