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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Penitentiary System Act (Strafvollzugsgesetz)Detainees may file a complaint about any decision or order affecting their rights and about any conduct of prison staff affecting their rights
Penitentiary System Act (Strafvollzugsgesetz)Detainees shall have the right to submit requests in an appropriate form, either orally or in writing, concerning the execution of their sentence. For this purpose, they must contact the prison officer who can be reached first in cases that cannot be postponed, otherwise they must contact the prison officer responsible for this at the time of day to be specified in the house rules.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2023The systematic recording and evaluation of complaints is a condition for reacting quickly and in a targeted manner to undesirable developments and countering human rights violations preventively. Report details