institution to respond to deficiencies and make improvements.
The structured recording and evaluation of complaints must be expanded continuously.
2.5.2.9.
Personnel
Conflict increases in the juvenile section of the Innsbruck correctional institution
when there is contact with employees from the adult prisons
The NPM has found that there is a significant accumulation of
complaints from juveniles when they come into contact with
employees of adult prisons. Such contact generally occurs when
juvenile detainees are escorted to court or to an interrogation.
The NPM emphasises that juveniles should ideally be escorted by
employees who have training and experience in dealing with
juveniles. Therefore, the NPM advocates ensuring that juveniles are
escorted by “youth-friendly” officers. Escorting officers are “youthfriendly” when they have appropriate pedagogic training [see
CPT/Inf/E (2002) 1 – Rev. 2010, p. 86].
Only escorted by trained
personnel
The Federal Ministry of Justice argues that the staff situation at the
Innsbruck correctional institution is tight. As a consequence, juvenile
detainees cannot solely be escorted by employees who are
experienced in dealing with juveniles at the moment.
However, in order to increase the number of prison guards who are
experienced in dealing with juveniles, there is a plan to rotate five
employees from the six night shift groups to the juvenile section in the
future to give them appropriate training.
Time-conscious training
The NPM recommends that only employees with pedagogic training escort juvenile detainees
at the Innsbruck correctional institution.
2.5.3.
Positive observations
2.5.3.1.
Annexe to the Asten Centre for Forensic Science
The annexe to the Therapeutic Centre in Asten breaks new ground.
The centre is already fully dedicated to the care and therapy of
inmates.
The new construction optimises the already generous amount of
space available. In the future, therapy rooms can be expanded into
multi-purpose rooms when needed, due to movable walls. The
inmates will be housed in one- and two-bed rooms. These will not
have the usual massive cell doors, but regular, lockable room doors.
Modern floorplan
Every room will also have its own bathroom. The bathrooms will have
generous dimensions. The shower area will be separated from the
rest of the bathroom by a partition so that no water splashes into the
Welcoming rooms
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