2016 | Potentially suicidal inmates may not be housed in a single cell. Video Monitoring does not rule out suicide by the persons at risk during an unobserved moment. | Report details |
2017 | In all police arrest centres (PAZ) there has to be a sufficient number of cells which are suitable for implementing solitary confinement according to § 5 and 5b (2) Z4 AnhO. All cells have to have an alarm button. Solitary cells according to § 5 AnhO have to have a sink, hot and cold water, a toilet, a bed as well as a table and possibilities to sit. Reasons, start, progress and end of solitary confinement as well as consultation of a doctor upon accommodation in a specially secured cell have to be documented. The technical surveillance of specially secured inmate cells should be carried out using video surveillance that is independent of any light source and protects the prisoner’s privacy. Padded or rubberised inmate cells should be subject to constant personal surveillance, tiled security cells should be subject to surveillance at least every 15 minutes, and other single cells should be subject to at least hourly surveillance. The reason, commencement and end of detention in a single cell and the attendance of a doctor during detention in a specially secured cell must be documented. | Report details |
2018 | Correctional institutions: If a person is placed in a specially secured cell in the event of acute danger to themselves or to others, the dangerous situation must be described exactly and the time of the first medical check be noted. Police detention centres: The first medical examination by the public medical officer of detainees in specially secured cells should take place immediately or as quickly as possible, and every other examination within twelve hours in any case. Padded or rubberised inmate cells must be subject to constant personal surveillance, tiled security cells must be subject to surveillance at least every 15 minutes, and other single cells should be subject to at least hourly surveillance. The technical surveillance of all cells used for securing purposes should be carried out using low light video surveillance and observing the personal space of the detainees. The reason, commencement, course and end of solitary confinement as well as the consultation of a doctor when placing a person in a specially secured cell must be documented. | Report details |
2019 | Police detention centres: The technical surveillance of all cells used for securing purposes should be carried out using video surveillance that is independent of any light source and observing the personal space of the detainees. There must be a sufficient number of cells available in all police detention centres, which are suitable for solitary confinement pursuant to Section 5 and/or Section 5b (2) (4) of the Detention Regulation (Anhalteordnung). Specially secured cells should have natural daylight, and there must be natural or mechanical ventilation in all single cells. All single cells must have an alarm button, the activation of which has to be acknowledged at the cell. Single cells pursuant to Section 5 of the Detention Regulation must be fitted with a sink, supply of cold and hot water, a sit-down toilet, a bed and a table with seating. Tiled security cells shall have a (squat) toilet. | Report details |
2022 | In order for the camera surveillance not to fail, the officers deployed to monitor the cells should not be entrusted with other tasks at the same time. Specially secured cells should be equipped with 50 cm high cuboids made of rigid foam, which is covered with a washable, disinfectable foil. | Report details |