Foreword................................................................................................................. 7
List of specific abbreviations ............................................................................... 11
I
General information about the work of the National Agency ............... 12
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2
2.1
2.2
2.3
History and legal foundation of the National Agency ................................... 12
The foundation created for the work ................................................................ 13
Institutional framework and legal nature ........................................................ 13
Tasks and powers ................................................................................................ 14
Provision with staff and funding ....................................................................... 15
II
Topics ........................................................................................................... 16
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Spotlight on solitary confinement ..................................................................... 16
Monitoring of return flights ............................................................................... 17
III
Implementation of inspection visits .......................................................... 19
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3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
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4.1
4.2
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5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
Basis ....................................................................................................................... 19
Procedure followed in the inspection visits ..................................................... 19
Regularly recurring recommendations and examples of best practice ........ 20
Fixation .................................................................................................................. 20
Internal differentiation in prisons...................................................................... 21
Common showers ................................................................................................ 21
Name badges ........................................................................................................ 21
Information on the rights of children and juveniles ....................................... 22
Communication system for inmates ................................................................. 22
Visits by the Federal Agency .............................................................................. 22
The Federal Police ................................................................................................ 22
The Federal Armed Forces.................................................................................. 29
Visits by the Joint Commission .......................................................................... 31
Prisons ................................................................................................................... 31
Police units of the Länder..................................................................................... 63
Psychiatric clinics ................................................................................................. 68
Child and youth welfare facilities ..................................................................... 72
Court holding cells............................................................................................... 79
Subsequent information regarding visits carried out in 2011 ....................... 79
IV
Further activities of the National Agency ................................................ 88
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Specialist associations and public relations work ........................................... 88
International cooperation ................................................................................... 89
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