ANNUAL REPORT 2019-OMBUDSMANNATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM 2.4.1. Material conditions Rooms for interrogation and conversation with persons deprived of liberty and minors In the police station Gostivar there are 2 rooms for interrogation and conversation with persons deprived of liberty which are in a special building within the Police Station, next to the detention premises. One of these premises is intended as an identification office, and is also used as an office by police officers in cases where there are detainees. In this room, the Code of Police Ethics is displayed in a visible place. However, the NPM team was informed that there is not always an official in this office, that is, in the immediate vicinity of the detention premises when there are detained persons, because very often there is not a sufficient number of officers necessary to perform other police work, due to which an assessment is made, depending on the behaviour of the detained person, whether there is a need for constant supervision by an official. The other room is equipped with fixed chairs and a small table, and the rights of the detained persons are displayed in a visible place. However, from the conversations with the officials in the Police Station, the NPM team was informed that these conversation rooms are very rarely used because they are not equipped with appropriate technical means, that is, computers. In this regard, it was pointed out that most of the conversations with the detained persons are carried out in the offices of the inspectors. There is video surveillance system installed in the conversation rooms, but it is not functional. The NPM team recommends that the premises for interrogation and conversation be equipped with the necessary technical means (primarily computers) and used in accordance with their purpose. Detention rooms The police station has two detention premises, one of which is for individual detention, while the second has the capacity to simultaneously detain two people. Both rooms meet the minimum standards for accommodation of detained persons in terms of their size. They have an area of more than 6 m², which meets the minimum standard of 4 m² per person. Both rooms are equipped with fixed metal beds. In the room for individual detention, the bed was equipped with a mattress and two blankets, and a pillow was missing. In the second room the beds were equipped with blankets, one of the beds had no mattress at all, and none of the beds had a pillow. In this regard, the NPM team recommends that urgent measures be undertaken to eliminate the technical shortcomings of video surveillance in detention 38