ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Period under review: 1 January – 31 December 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Period under review: 1 January – 31 December 2014 © 2015 National Agency for the Prevention of Torture All rights reserved Design: Nicola Scharfenberg, Jina Song, Marko Hemmerich and Giacomo Reichl National Agency for the Prevention of Torture Viktoriastraße 35 65189 Wiesbaden Tel.: +49 (0)611-160 222 8-18 Fax: +49 (0)611-160 222 8-29 Email: [email protected] www.nationale-stelle.de An electronic version of this Annual Report can be retrieved from the “Publications” section at: www.nationale- stelle.de. TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 List of Abbreviations ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 I General information about the work of the National Agency .................................................................................... 9 1 – Background ................................................................................................................................................................. 10 1.1 – Institutional framework .......................................................................................................................................... 10 1.2 – Tasks ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10 1.3 – Powers ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 2 – Personnel and financial resources .............................................................................................................................. 11 3 – The National Agency in the international context ................................................................................................... 12 3.1 – Meeting of preventive mechanisms in the German-speaking countries ............................................................... 12 3.2 – International conference on human rights behind bars ......................................................................................... 13 3.3 – Other international events and activities ............................................................................................................... 13 4 – Visits .......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 4.1 – Basic principles ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 4.2 – Procedure ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 4.3 – Enquiries by individuals .......................................................................................................................................... 14 5 – Standards .................................................................................................................................................................... 15 5.1 – Protecting Privacy ................................................................................................................................................... 15 5.2 – Physical Restraints .................................................................................................................................................. 15 5.3 – Solitary Confinement .............................................................................................................................................. 15 5.4 – Furnishings and fittings in prison cells ................................................................................................................... 16 5.5 – Furnishings and fittings in custody cells ................................................................................................................. 16 5.6 – Documentation of short periods in custody .......................................................................................................... 16 5.7 – Instruction about rights after being taken into police custody ............................................................................. 16 II Visits by the Federal Agency....................................................................................................................................... 19 1 – Federal Police and Customs ....................................................................................................................................... 20 1.1 – Federal Police Stations ............................................................................................................................................ 20 1.2 – Customs Offices ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 2 – Federal Armed Forces ................................................................................................................................................ 23 III Visits by the Joint Commission ................................................................................................................................ 25 1 – Spotlight on youth detention ..................................................................................................................................... 26 1.1 – General issues ........................................................................................................................................................... 27 1.2 – Facilities visited ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 2 – Juvenile penal institutions ......................................................................................................................................... 32 2.1 – Regis-Breitingen Juvenile Penal Institution, 13 February 2014.............................................................................. 32 2.2 – Rassnitz Juvenile Institution, 20 February 2014 ................................................................................................... 34 2.3 – Wriezen Prison, 8 May 2014 ................................................................................................................................... 36 2.4 – Hahnöfersand Juvenile Penal Institution, 17 June 2014 ........................................................................................ 38 2.5 – Neustrelitz Juvenile Institution, 22 July 2014 ......................................................................................................... 40 3 – Prisons ........................................................................................................................................................................ 42 3.1 – Schwäbisch Gmünd Prison, 28 July 2014 ................................................................................................................ 42 3.2 – Nuremberg Prison, 19/20 October 2013 ................................................................................................................. 43 4 – Police stations ............................................................................................................................................................ 47 4.1 – General issues .......................................................................................................................................................... 47 4.2 – Facilities visited ....................................................................................................................................................... 48 5 – Pre-deportation detention facilities .......................................................................................................................... 57 5.1 – General issues........................................................................................................................................................... 57 5.2 – Facilities visited ....................................................................................................................................................... 57 3 6 – Child and youth welfare facilities ............................................................................................................................. 71 6.1 – Schloss Stutensee youth welfare facility ................................................................................................................. 71 IV Annex ......................................................................................................................................................................... 75 1 – Chronological list of visits ......................................................................................................................................... 76 2 – History and legal basis ..............................................................................................................................................