5.7.2
Degrading detention..........................................................................219
5.7.3
Insufficient availability of public health officers/physicians...........220
5.7.4
Inadequate documentation of detentions.........................................221
5.7.5
Inadequate equipment at police stations.........................................222
5.7.6
Deactivatable call bells in detention areas.......................................224
5.7.7
Detention rooms in the basement of the police station...................224
5.7.8
Positive observations.........................................................................225
5.8 Coercive acts....................................................................................................226
5.8.1 Introduction.......................................................................................226
5.8.2
Human rights observers during forced returns.................................227
5.8.3
Deficiencies in interpreting services..................................................227
5.8.4
NPM‘s participation in a return by air.............................................229
5.8.5
Schwechat special transit area..........................................................229
5.8.6 Demonstrations.................................................................................230
5.8.7
Targeted campaigns..........................................................................232
5.8.8
Inadequate notice of police actions..................................................233
5.8.9
Positive observations.........................................................................233
6 Recommendations of the Austrian National Preventive Mechanism.....................236
6.1 Retirement and nursing homes.......................................................................236
6.2 Hospitals and psychiatric clinics.....................................................................239
6.3 Child and youth welfare facilities...................................................................242
6.4 Institutions and facilities for persons with disabilities....................................245
6.5 Correctional institutions..................................................................................248
6.6 Barracks...........................................................................................................252
6.7 Police institutions.............................................................................................253
6.8 Returns and release of detainees.....................................................................255
6.9 Acts of direct administrative power and coercive measures...........................256
ANNEX......................................................................................................................259