Brief statistics on NPM’s visits and other activities in 2016
In 2016, the NPM visited 80 places of deprivation of liberty, i.e.:
– 34 visits to detention rooms at police stations;
– 24 visits to social care institutions;
– 7 visits to prisons;
– 3 visits to special social care institutions;
– 4 visit to educational institutions treating children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural
disorders;
– 5 visits to psychiatric hospitals, and
– 3 visits to locations of deprivation of liberty of aliens.
In six cases, the visits were thematic (we visited three retirement homes, two psychiatric hospitals and
one special social care institution), while we conducted 14 control visits. Most visits were conducted
without prior notification; only one visit was notified in advance (visit to a prison due to the attendance
of a foreign observer).
More information on NPM’s visits in 2016 is provided in tables below and in the review of NPM activities
in the appendix.
TOTAL
Residential
treatment
institutions
Retirement homes
Special social care
institutions
Psychiatric hospitals
Aliens Centre
Migrant centres
Prisons
Police stations
General data on visits in 2016
Number of visits
34
7
2
1
5
3*
24
4
80
Number of
one-day visits
34
5
2
1
4
3
24
4
77
Number of
two-day visits
2
1
3
Announced
visits
(attended by a
1
Unannounced
visits
34
6
2
1
5
3
24
4
79
Regular visit
34
6
1
1
2
1
11
4
60
Control visit
1
1
1
1
10
14
Thematic visit
2
1
3
6
In the morning
34
7
2
1
3
2
21
2
72
In the afternoon
2
2
At night
0
At weekends
2
1
3
6
Attended by an
expert
3
2
1
1
7
1
representative
of NPM Austria)
*We visited two special social care institutions and a unit of a combined institution, which is a special institution.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2016
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT