5.2. Conducting the visits
During the feedback session, the members of the visiting delegation
summarize their experience gained in the course of the visit, including the
documents inspected and/or copied, and point out the additional documents that shall be submitted to the NPM by the staff members of the given
place of detention.
They also share their positive and/or negative impressions in connection
with the detainees’ treatment and the conditions of detention with the head
of the given place of detention, which promotes best practices and facilitates
the promptest possible solution of problems.
The head of the visiting delegation draws the attention of the head and
the personnel of the given place of detention to the prohibition of sanctions
stipulated in Article 21.1 of the OPCAT.
5.2.6. Processing and evaluating experiences gained and information
obtained in the course of the visits
The members of the visiting delegation process the experiences gained and
information obtained at the given place of detention. During the discussion,
they may identify situations causing trouble and the responses given to them.
Visiting various types of places of detention, meeting children and adults deprived – to various extents – of their personal liberty may be overwhelming
even in the absence of circumstances indicative of ill-treatment. In addition
to helping the members of the visiting delegation to keep their psychological
well-being, joint analyses increase the efficiency of future visits by pointing
out the reasons and effects of their decisions made on the spot.
The head of the visiting delegation prepares a brief memo for me on the
most important lessons of the visit. Following this memo summarizing the
visit’s most important lessons, the head of the visiting delegation prepares
a short summary of the on-site inspection which, upon my approval, is
published, both in Hungarian and English, on the NPM’s homepage.
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