The prison is in a poor state of construction all in all. Paint and plaster were crumbling from the walls; the facility made a neglected impression in many places and the furniture looked damaged. There were tiles missing in the shower and some of the ventilation pipes were very rusty. The common showers were not partitioned. Reaction: Shortcomings in the construction of the showers had been immediately remedied. Offers had been consulted for the partitions and rusty ventilation shafts, and the measures had now been commissioned. The term “anti-rampage cell” was used in the prison. This is not mentioned or defined in the Act. The ”anti-rampage cell” which the Joint Commission inspected in D wing, with sanitary fittings of stainless steel, was extremely dirty. The protection of the taps on the washbasins was rusty, a cigarette end and a cotton bud were floating in the toilet. The fittings and the sanitary facilities had not been cleaned; the floor was covered with stains and the furniture was neglected and damaged. It was possible to see the entire toilet through the spy-hole in the door. Reaction: Directly after the visit, the cell in question had been cleaned and redecorated, and the spy-hole in the door had been blacked out so that it was no longer possible to see into the toilet area. All cell windows in the prison were fitted with fine-meshed bars to prevent articles being thrown out. However, these bars limit the light coming into the cells. The Commission pointed out that other prisons had developed successful remedies for this.24 Reaction: Frankfurt Higher Regional Court had already decided in 2007 in response to a complaint by inmates that the bars did not reduce the amount of light to such a degree that the inmates were being accommodated in an undignified manner (ref. 3 Ws 191/07 (StVollz), 7a StVK 444/05). In this sense, the solutions from other prisons that had been mentioned did not need to be considered. 5.1.6 Brandenburg an der Havel prison The Joint Commission visited Brandenburg an der Havel prison on 28 August 2012. Brandenburg an der Havel prison is responsible for the execution of prison sentences from one year up to and including three years that have been imposed on adult male convicts, as well as remand detention. It has an open prison department, a social therapeutic department and an infirmary. The capacity of the prison was 407 places. It was occupied with 321 inmates on the day of the visit. 24 cf. e.g. Annual Report 2010/2011, loc. cit., p. 19. 53