Recommendations of the Commission of the Länder In particular, the temperature of 28°C measured in the specially-secured cell is much too high, in connection with the handing out of a very heavy shirt made of dense material as anti-suicide clothing. The Commission recommends procuring lighter antisuicide clothing. It advises reducing the temperature to approximately 24°C, which is generally customary in the cell containing no dangerous objects, and adjusting the clothing to be handed out to this temperature accordingly. Reaction of the Saxon State Ministry of Justice and for Europe In accordance with the Construction Guideline of the State Ministry of Justice and for Europe for Saxon Prison Buildings, the constant room temperature in the speciallysecured cell should be approximately 24°C, and it should be possible to regulate it up to 28°C. With regard to the clothing available and the greater sensitivity of women to the cold, Chemnitz prison took the higher value as its orientation. The prison had reduced the pre-set room temperature to 24°C. In the common shower rooms there are no partitions or other devices providing privacy between the individual showers. It is recommended to fit the shower rooms with partitions (cf. also p. 22). The Ministry would have the prison shower rooms subsequently fitted with partitions and take the installation of partitions into account when planning new constructions. In order to enable mothers to have the appropriate expert support in childcare and counselling on parenting issues whilst in detention, the Commission of the Länder recommends also providing the inmates and the officers with psychological development support. In order to promote a positive development, pedagogic expertise was said to be called for, above all. This was to be provided by a social educationalist. The models of anti-suicide clothing offered on the market aiming to increase portability and comfort, whilst at the same time meeting extensive security needs, are currently being examined. 7. Werl prison in August 2011 The Commission of the Länder carried out an inspection visit in Werl prison on 17 August 2011. Werl prison has a capacity of 863 places. It was occupied by 812 inmates at the time of the visit. The Commission inspected the following areas in particular: a penal detention department with sanitary facilities, an access department, a department for persons held in preventive detention, settlement and disciplinary detention cells, specially-secured cell containing no dangerous objects, workshops, the visiting area and a solitary outdoor exercise yard. The Commission talked to the prison governor and with other officers. It also spoke to inmates of various departments, including with persons held in preventive detention and with the prisoners’ co-responsibility body. The Commission furthermore inspected the files of those inmates who had been placed in the specially-secured cell and in disciplinary detention in 2011. 50

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