(“professionals meeting professionals”), visits from juvenile
departments in other correctional institutions and expanded teambuilding activities.
The next visit was made in the evening. The NPM again determined
that there is only one night shift position in the juvenile department.
The commission found that the night shift officer needs from 20
minutes to an hour to make his rounds. During this period of time, the
observation platform is unmanned. The NPM criticises that incidents in
the inmate cells cannot be observed by the prison guard on duty
during these periods.
Observation platform
unmanned
The request that the night shift in the juvenile department only be
manned by officers from that same department was not completely
fulfilled.
Officers from different
departments
The NPM questions whether an officer is actually on site during the
time that rounds are being made in order to quickly react and
intervene in the event of a crisis. Therefore, the NPM continues to
believe that at least two night shift officers must be assigned to the
juvenile department.
Need for a second
officer
The night shift should only be staffed with officers from the juvenile
department employees. The NPM also recommends that a personnel
pool be set up as soon as possible for juvenile department employees
with a special interest in the detention of juvenile offenders and
employees who have completed the training programme on
“Detention of Juvenile Offenders as a Field of Work”.
The night shift in the juvenile department should only be staffed with juvenile department
employees.
The judiciary administration should make a targeted search for suitable employees for the
detention of juvenile offenders.
Such employees should be offered attractive working conditions after completing the
relevant training.
2.5.2.5
Women in prison – gross discrimination evident
Based on the observations of the commissions and frequent individual
complaints regarding discrimination against women in prison, the
NPM started its examination with the aim of monitoring the situation of
female inmates in correctional institutions.
Austria-wide survey
For example, there were frequent complaints about monotonous work
and too few opportunities to engage in reasonable recreational
activities. While male inmates can engage in sports in almost all
institutions and have gyms available to them, the leisure time activities
of females are often limited to stereotypical work, such as crocheting
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