Country

Austria

Detention issue

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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. The prison head shall decide on complaints against prison staff or their orders. Detainees shall have the right to submit requests in an appropriate form, either orally or in writing, concerning the execution of their sentence.

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