Overview of Recommendations submitted by the Commission in 2017
9) examine the possibility of providing internet access without
charge and permit the limited use of mobile telephones.
– The Commission recommends that the Realta Correctional
Facility arrange the visiting room for individuals held in administrative detention under Foreign Nationals Act in a more
friendly manner and that the visiting rules be amended to
allow for visits to take place also on weekends. In addition,
the Commission recommends that steps be taken to ensure
access to a legal counselling service (NCPT Report, Realta
2017, p. 8–9).
III. Psychiatric facilities
a.
Treatment
– The Commission recommends that the UPC Basel clinic take
steps to ensure that all treatment plans are prepared in
consultation with the individuals concerned and that they
are presented to the patients for their consent (or refusal).
Consent to the treatment plan should be confirmed by signature. In addition, the treatment plan, as an integral part of
the therapy, should state objectives that are comprehensible
to the patient and be periodically reviewed and adapted as
appropriate (NCPT Report, Basel (UPC) 2017, p. 7) ).
b.
Measures of restricting freedom of movement
– The Commission recommends that the Basel UPC adhere to
the prescriptions concerning the maximum term of seclusion
and the requirement of prior authorisation by the competent
authority, as set forth in § 21, para. 5, of the Canton of Basel
Act on the Treatment and Institutionalisation of the Mentally
Ill. It further recommends that the follow-up procedure be
formalised and that the use of such measures be recorded in
a register (NCPT Report, Basel [UPC] 2017, p. 9).
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