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.
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