2.5.2.6. Right to privacy Women in prison The monitoring focal point of “women in prison” showed among other things, that women are put at special risk during body searches. Many affected persons complained that they were required to fully undress during inspections. Order to fully undress for body searches Under Section 102 (2) the Penitentiary System Act states that a search should be conducted as considerately as possible. Moreover, under Principle 19 of the Bangkok Rules (“United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders”, Resolution 65/229 dated 21 December 2010), effective measures must be taken to protect the dignity and respect of female prisoners during examinations. Accordingly, searches should be conducted in such a way that the person being searched is never fully undressed. It is proposed that the search be carried out in various stages, so that only the relevant part of the body needs to be uncovered. In this regard, the NPM has been informed that the competent department of the Federal Ministry of Justice will evaluate search practices and prepare an appropriate training document, which takes human dignity into account. The first draft of such a “Handbook for Body Searches” will be provided to the NPM once it is completed.  New working document on searches being developed Requiring full disrobement during searches violates the principle that searches should be conducted in a considerate manner. 2.5.2.7. Access to information Incomplete house rules – no foreign-language versions The house rules of the Klagenfurt correctional institution lacked any notice that detainees have the right to be outside or to exercise outdoors for one hour. The house rules merely read as follows: “The time outdoors will be provided in accordance with the relevant allocation. Time spent outdoors can be restricted on medical grounds”. Moreover, at the Vienna-Simmering correctional institution the house rules were posted neither in German nor any other language. The Penitentiary System Act guarantees detainees the right to spend at least one hour a day outdoors, weather permitting, and taking the state of the detainee’s health into consideration. Concerning detainees who work outdoors this right only applies on their days off. Juvenile prisoners have the right to two hours of activities outdoors (pursuant to Section 43 of the Penitentiary System Act and Section 58 (3) of the Juvenile Courts Act). Lack of information regarding the right to spend time outdoors The purpose of spending time outdoors is to maintain the detainee’s physical and mental health and prevent illnesses. It is part of the 115

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