TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword ..........................................................................................................................................................................5
List of Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................................................6
I General information about the work of the National Agency ....................................................................................9
1 – Background .................................................................................................................................................................10
1.1 – Institutional framework ..........................................................................................................................................10
1.2 – Tasks ........................................................................................................................................................................10
1.3 – Powers ......................................................................................................................................................................11
2 – Personnel and financial resources..............................................................................................................................11
3 – The National Agency in the international context ...................................................................................................12
3.1 – Meeting of preventive mechanisms in the German-speaking countries ...............................................................12
3.2 – International conference on human rights behind bars .........................................................................................13
3.3 – Other international events and activities ...............................................................................................................13
4 – Visits ..........................................................................................................................................................................14
4.1 – Basic principles ........................................................................................................................................................14
4.2 – Procedure ................................................................................................................................................................14
4.3 – Enquiries by individuals ..........................................................................................................................................14
5 – Standards ....................................................................................................................................................................15
5.1 – Protecting Privacy ...................................................................................................................................................15
5.2 – Physical Restraints ..................................................................................................................................................15
5.3 – Solitary Confinement ..............................................................................................................................................15
5.4 – Furnishings and fittings in prison cells ...................................................................................................................16
5.5 – Furnishings and fittings in custody cells .................................................................................................................16
5.6 – Documentation of short periods in custody ..........................................................................................................16
5.7 – Instruction about rights after being taken into police custody .............................................................................16
II Visits by the Federal Agency.......................................................................................................................................19
1 – Federal Police and Customs .......................................................................................................................................20
1.1 – Federal Police Stations ............................................................................................................................................20
1.2 – Customs Offices ......................................................................................................................................................22
2 – Federal Armed Forces ................................................................................................................................................23
III Visits by the Joint Commission ................................................................................................................................25
1 – Spotlight on youth detention .....................................................................................................................................26
1.1 – General issues ...........................................................................................................................................................27
1.2 – Facilities visited .......................................................................................................................................................31
2 – Juvenile penal institutions .........................................................................................................................................32
2.1 – Regis-Breitingen Juvenile Penal Institution, 13 February 2014..............................................................................32
2.2 – Rassnitz Juvenile Institution, 20 February 2014 ...................................................................................................34
2.3 – Wriezen Prison, 8 May 2014 ...................................................................................................................................36
2.4 – Hahnöfersand Juvenile Penal Institution, 17 June 2014 ........................................................................................38
2.5 – Neustrelitz Juvenile Institution, 22 July 2014 .........................................................................................................40
3 – Prisons ........................................................................................................................................................................42
3.1 – Schwäbisch Gmünd Prison, 28 July 2014 ................................................................................................................42
3.2 – Nuremberg Prison, 19/20 October 2013 .................................................................................................................43
4 – Police stations ............................................................................................................................................................47
4.1 – General issues ..........................................................................................................................................................47
4.2 – Facilities visited.......................................................................................................................................................48
5 – Pre-deportation detention facilities ..........................................................................................................................57
5.1 – General issues...........................................................................................................................................................57
5.2 – Facilities visited .......................................................................................................................................................57
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