Monitoring activities d. Follow-up visit i. Glarus Prison (GL)24 After its first visit in 2013, the Commission again visited Glarus Prison in September. The Commission noted that some of its recommendations, namely those regarding the disciplinary system and the ventilation in the cells, had been implemented since its last visit. It also welcomed the efforts of the prison administration to improve the recreational and employment opportunities of inmates, taking into account existing structural conditions. On the other hand, the Commission was critical of the restrictive detention regime of the various forms of incarceration, since the outdated infrastructure and the cramped conditions continue to pose a challenge. Due to only cell-by-cell separation of persons detained under the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act from persons detained under criminal procedure and criminal law, the Commission is of the opinion that Glarus Prison is unsuitable for housing persons in administrative detention under the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act. Moreover, insufficient consideration is given to the needs of detained women and juveniles, which is why the Commission urged the authorities to immediately place these two groups of persons in a purpose-built facility. e. Visits to federal asylum centres In July, the Commission visited the Chiasso federal asylum centre in the Canton of Ticino, which has a procedural function and the Balerna (Pasture) and ‘Via Motta’ federal asylum centres, which do not have a procedural function. In the Canton of Geneva, it visited the Geneva Airport federal asylum centre and in the Canton of Zurich the Zurich federal asylum centre, which has a procedural function. The findings from the visits to the federal asylum centres in the Canton of Ticino and the findings from the visit to the facility at Geneva Airport were included in the report on the review of federal asylum centres for the period from 2019 to 2020, which Letter to the Glarus Cantonal Council regarding the NCPT’s follow-up inspection visit to the Glarus Prison on 18 September 2020. 24 18 Activity report NCPT 2020