VISITS BY THE JOINT COMMISSION The documents forwarded by the prison and meetings with prisoners show that no imam visits the prison. It was pointed out during the meeting with prison staff that an imam should visit the prison at least on major Muslim holy days. It should be examined whether there is any need to increase the level of Muslim pastoral care. Response: The prison has a positive attitude towards stepping up the level of Muslim pastoral care provided. However, so far this has failed on account of various external factors on which the prison has no influence. had an occupancy of 874 prisoners, of whom 486 (including 11 detainees awaiting deportation) were in the male wing, 45 (including five detainees awaiting deportation) were in the female wing and 343 were in remand detention. One remand prisoner was in solitary confinement under judicial order. For the sake of thematic consistency, the results of the visit pertaining to custody pending deportation are detailed under point 1.8 above. Since the visit did not take place until late in 2013, at the time the Annual Report went to press the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice had not yet submitted its comments. These will be included in the Annual Report 2014. 3.4 – NUREMBERG PRISON The Joint Commission visited Nuremberg Prison on 19/20 November 2013. After an initial meeting with the deputy head of the institution and various members of staff, the Joint Commission inspected the wing for male detainees awaiting deportation, the wing for male sentenced prisoners, the wing for female detainees awaiting deportation and the respective security areas. The Joint Commission spoke with general prison service staff, the socio-educational instructor responsible for male detainees awaiting deportation, with two male and three female detainees awaiting deportation, two female remand prisoners, and a representative of the prisoner council. In addition, it held a meeting with the chair of the staff council. The Joint Commission was given access to the files relating to detainees awaiting deportation and relating to the last prisoners against whom solitary confinement or disciplinary detention had been ordered. Further, it inspected the remand detention wing and spoke to the prison chaplains, a doctor and a remand prisoner against whom a court had ordered solitary confinement. At the time of the Joint Commission’s visit to the prison it was responsible for male prisoners serving their first and those serving regular sentences of no more than two years, for female prisoners serving their first and those serving regular sentences of no more than three months, for male and female detainees awaiting deportation, remand detainees and those in juvenile detention (who were not visited). As the enforcement of all forms of detention across Bavaria has been reorganised, custody pending deportation is being enforced in Mühldorf am Inn Prison since 25 November 2013, when it became the central facility for those awaiting deportation. Since then Nuremberg Prison has only taken in male detainees awaiting deportation when Mühldorf am Inn Prison is overcrowded. Nuremberg Prison has a roll of 1,039 – 554 male sentenced prisoners, 417 in remand detention, and 68 female sentenced prisoners. At the time of the visit it 3.4.1 – Positive findings The atmosphere in Nuremberg Prison was good. Prisoners in particular referred to the relationship with general prison service staff. 3.4.2 – Recommendations of the Joint Commission Prisoners in the male wing are given paper underpants to wear when they are placed in the detention room containing no dangerous objects. In the female wing prisoners are also given a shirt specifically designed by the prison for this purpose. These shirts should also be given to the men when they are placed in detention rooms containing no dangerous objects. The disciplinary detention rooms inspected by the Joint Commission were clean and appropriately furnished. However, the SS symbol and a swastika had been drawn on the table in one of the rooms. When prisoners are placed in their detention rooms particular attention should be paid to ensuring that comments or drawings of an unconstitutional nature which may insult or provoke specific groups of prisoners are removed. The shower rooms in the male wing which the Joint Commission inspected have six showers which are not separated by partitions. Even during the comparatively long unlocking times this means that some prisoners shower in their underpants out of a sense of shame or for religious reasons. The Joint Commission therefore recommends separating off at least one shower so that at least the genital area is shielded while showering. Corresponding measures in other prisons have not led to an increase in attacks on account of it being harder to monitor the shower room. 83