Country

Germany

Detention issue

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Federal Prison Act (Strafvollzugsgesetz), Model State Prison Act (Musterentwurf zum Landesstrafvollzugsgesetz) All states see the state’s Justice Administration (Landesjustizverwaltung) / Ministries of Justice (Justizministerien) as responsible agent for the supervision of criminal detention facilities.
Federal State Level Acts Except for Hamburg (Section 111 of the Hamburg Prison Act), state legislation does not explicitly define more specific aspects of the supervision of detention facilities.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

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