ernförde Preußer barracks with night lighting (e.g. dimmable lighting or night lighting). Reaction: On the basis of the Construction Supervision Guideline in the Federal Armed Forces, corridor and cellular confinement cell lighting was to be switched via an illuminated impulse switch. The switches for the cell lighting are to be attached on the corridor side in front of the cell doors. Moreover, the Construction Supervision Guideline specified a light intensity (measured on the table) of 200 lux. Installing dimmable lighting or night lighting would, firstly, make it more difficult for the prison staff to see into the cellular confinement cell from outside, and secondly the light intensity of the dimmable light did not satisfy the occupational health requirement. Moreover, nightly rest was to be maintained from 9 p.m. The light was as a rule extinguished at 9:30 p.m. This emerged from the prison instructions, which reflected the activities of the general office staff in this respect. The background to this instruction was the fact that the sentries on sentry duty were also allowed to rest from this time, whilst maintaining their readiness to perform guards duties. 5 Visits by the Joint Commission The Joint Commission visited a total of 21 facilities in the period under review, including nine prisons, seven Länder police facilities, a psychiatric clinic, three child and youth welfare facilities and holding cells at a court house . Visit reports which had not been sent off by the end of the period under review will be included in the Annual Report for 2013. The same applies to statements received from supervisory authorities which had not yet been received in the short time remaining until the editorial deadline. 5.1 Prisons At the beginning of each visit, the Joint Commission asks the prison governor to compile large amounts of written information on the facility and the treatment of the persons accommodated. The Commission is pleased to note that it was given all the documents that it had requested by the end of the visit day in most cases. The table below provides an overview of the prisons visited and the topics on which the Joint Commission made recommendations. 31