Detention monitoring Rheinau Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry (Zurich)13 In December 2017, the Commission visited the Rheinau Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry. It welcomed the measures that had been introduced since its first visit in 2012 and, in particular, the fact that the policy of requiring patients entering the clinic to bathe in the presence of a staff member has been discontinued. The Commission also noted with satisfaction that all measures of restraint had been properly documented without exception. The Commission nevertheless continues to see a need for action concerning the lack of privacy and personal space in patient rooms due to the possible visibility from outside. A broader spectrum of possibilities for exercise and leisure pursuits should also be offered. Finally, the Commission criticised the design of the walking yard and noted that the planned construction of an additional wing will improve the situation. d. F acilities for the enforcement of measures ordered under asylum law and Foreign Nationals Act i.  Federal Asylum Centres In 2017, the Commission visited three reception and procedures centres (RCPs) in the cantons of Basel-City (RCP Basel), St. Gallen (RCP Altstätten) and Ticino (RCP Chiasso), and two Federal Asylum Centres (FACs) in the cantons of Neuchâtel (FAC Perreux in Boudry) and Zurich (Zurich Test Facility, Juch Centre). The purpose of the inspection visits was to monitor the treatment of the asylum-seekers accommodated there and to review the conformity with regard to human rights standards of the limitations imposed on their freedom of movement in particular, due to the restricted daytime leave hours. The Commission specifically focusses on the use of disciplinary, security and preventive measures from a human and Report to the Government Council of the Canton of Zurich on the follow-up visit of the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture to the Rheinau Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry on 21 December 2017 (unpublished report). 13 18 Tätigkeitsbericht NKVF 2017

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