CAT/OP/CHE/ROSP/1 156. Consequently, the Subcommittee recommends that the State party review article 64 (1) bis of the Criminal Code in the light of these comments and consider the advisability of repealing it. B. Field visits 157. The Subcommittee visited the following establishments housing persons sentenced to therapeutic measures or indefinite detention: Pöschwies Prison, which had a section reserved for convicted prisoners subject to measures under article 59 of the Criminal Code; Bochuz Prison; and the Rheinau psychiatric clinic in the Canton of Zurich. 1. Pöschwies Prison 158. At Pöschwies, 28 inmates were undergoing inpatient treatment under article 59 of the Criminal Code, including 18 in the section reserved for therapeutic measures; the 10 remaining inmates were in ordinary detention.55 159. The average length of treatment was around five years, after which inmates were switched to an open regime. 160. The section reserved for therapeutic measures had a well-staffed, qualified treatment team and offered tailored care encompassing a wide range of therapeutic and psychosocial rehabilitation measures, including compulsory work.56 The psychologists and social workers from that section also monitored inmates subject to measures under article 59 of the Criminal Code who were being held in ordinary detention. 161. There were also 28 inmates in indefinite detention under article 64 of the Criminal Code and 1 in lifelong detention under article 64 (1) bis. Many of those inmates were older persons; some had no mental illness, while others had severe psychiatric disorders and had been declared untreatable or had been subject to measures under article 59 of the Criminal Code, which had failed. 162. They were monitored by the prison’s general medical team and received no special care. 163. It emerged from interviews with the inmates that the most difficult aspect of their situation was the uncertainty as to the period for which they would be subject to the measures and what was expected of them.57 2. Bochuz Prison 164. At Bochuz, 22 inmates were undergoing treatment under article 59 of the Criminal Code, of whom 8 were housed in the psychiatric unit, 13 were in ordinary detention and 1 was in strict solitary confinement for safety reasons. 55 56 57 GE.21-03779 Ces 10 personnes étaient en attente d’intégrer le secteur réservé, mises à l’écart pour avoir enfreint le règlement intérieur, en fin de traitement et en attente de transfert, ou dépourvues d’indication de prise en charge. Les 25 professionnels se répartissaient ainsi : 13 relevant du service de psychiatrie et de psychologie de l’office cantonal (section des traitements au titre de l’article 59 du Code pénal), soit un psychologue chef de service, 4 psychologues, 2 infirmiers psychiatriques et 6 collaborateurs ; et 12 relevant de l’administration pénitentiaire, soit 2 assistants sociaux, 2 membres du personnel pénitentiaire formés au travail social et 8 collaborateurs. Les consultations psychiatriques (une fois par semaine) et de médecine générale étaient assurées par le dispositif de l’unité sanitaire de la prison. Ainsi, un homme condamné initialement à une peine d’emprisonnement de onze ans était incarcéré depuis vingt-quatre ans, soumis à un internement au titre de l’article 64 du Code pénal décidé en fin de peine sur la base d’expertises psychiatriques. Lors des réexamens périodiques, « on lui reprochait de ne pas se soigner assez » mais, selon lui, dans les prisons où il était incarcéré, « il n’y avait pas de prise en charge thérapeutique, seulement des tranquillisants ». Néanmoins, depuis cinq ans, il faisait l’objet des mesures relevant de l’article 59 du Code pénal et espérait pouvoir aller dans une structure ouverte. Il estimait avoir eu la chance qu’une psychiatre experte, au lieu de renouveler son statut sans se poser de questions, ait étudié son dossier et soit parvenue à d’autres conclusions. 21