2016 | Steps should be taken to offer prisoners more time for activities outside the inmate cell, including of Fridays and weekends. The lock-up times must be shortened, particularly for unemployed prisoners. Lock-up times of 23 hours per day are intolerable. Persons who have been deprived of their liberty should be offered appropriate activities. This applies to juveniles, in particular. In addition to education and occupational or other training, sports activities should also be an important part of this programme. | Report details |
2017 | Additionally to schooling and vocational education as well as education in general, sport shall be an important part of activities of youth in prisons. Time outside has to be provided for adults for an hour each day and two hours for youth. This time has to be available for the inmates net. The time spent for being brought outside and back inside shall not be counted. If staying outside is not possible due to the weather, alternatives have to be provided (e.g. in a gym). The provision of at least one time of physical exercise outside has to be guaranteed. Police Arrest Centres have to have useful equipment in- and outdoors. There shall not only be functioning (sport) equipment but also board games and also the participation in external leisure activities should be allowed. | Report details |
| Correctional institutions: Additional personnel resources are required to comply with the legal requirements and those set forth in the minimum standards. Additional personnel are necessary, in particular, in order to reduce lock-up times and increase the employment rate. Operations of companies providing occupational opportunities and workshops in the correctional institutions should be continuously open. The employment of external skilled workers must be expanded in the companies. Police detention centres: Occupational and leisure opportunities in the scope agreed with the NPM should be available to all detainees. | Report details |
| https://volksanwaltschaft.gv.at/downloads/e9p6l/npm-report-2019_en_web.pdf. |