CAT/OP/CHE/CSPRO/1 Contents Page I. Preliminary remarks ...................................................................................................................... 3 II. Cooperation ................................................................................................................................... 3 III. National preventive mechanism .................................................................................................... 4 A. Structure and independence .................................................................................................. 4 B. Budget and financial resources ............................................................................................. 4 C. Members and secretariat ....................................................................................................... 5 Legal and institutional framework: federal jurisdiction over criminal procedure and legal safeguards ............................................................................................................................. 6 A. Definition and criminalization of torture .............................................................................. 6 B. Fundamental safeguards ....................................................................................................... 7 C. Internal and external complaints mechanisms ...................................................................... 8 Visits to places of deprivation of liberty ....................................................................................... 9 A. Overview of the situation ...................................................................................................... 9 B. Police facilities...................................................................................................................... 9 C. Prisons .................................................................................................................................. 12 Therapeutic measures and indefinite detention ............................................................................. 21 A. Legal framework ................................................................................................................... 21 B. Field visits: Rheinau psychiatric clinic ................................................................................. 21 Other issues ................................................................................................................................... 23 A. Tasks delegated to private companies................................................................................... 23 B. Health-care costs of prisoners ............................................................................................... 24 IV. V. VI. VII. 2 GE.21-03864

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