ANNUAL REPORT 2019-OMBUDSMANNATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM Overview of recommendations given to PS Delchevo 86 Recommendations Response upon recommendation Urgent sealing or conversion of the detention premises, and not to conduct long-term (more than 6 hours) detention of persons at the Police Station Delchevo; The NPM team recommends that the detention of persons in the Delchevo Police Station be reduced to the minimum necessary time for conversation and interrogation of detainees and persons deprived of their freedom, not more than 4 or 6 hours; Urgent adjustment of special premises that will be used exclusively for conversations, and which will also be equipped with appropriate video surveillance (recommendation addressed to the Ministry of Interior); Urgently adjust the chat rooms with children who would be appropriate for their age and their needs (recommendation addressed to the Ministry of Interior); The material conditions in the Delchevo Police Station are the ones listed in the report. The building was built 40-45 years ago, and the buildings where the Crime Technicians and Administrative Services are located, as well as the detention premises were built 80-90 years ago and since then, no measures have been undertaken to repair and eliminate the shortcomings established by us and by you except for minor and ongoing repairs, although measures are constantly taken almost every year and it is promised that the situation will be resolved. Otherwise, OVR Delchevo is included in the reconstruction agenda planned by the Ministry of Interior for 2020, so we hope that it will be renovated and most of the established irregularities will be removed Regarding the detention premises, we would like to inform you that in the Police Station of General Competence Delchevo, the detainees have always been treated and are treated humanely, and several problem-related information has been written about the premises stating that the premises do not meet most of the standards provided for detention premises. Some time ago, this Police Station of General Competence on its own initiative, through the local self-government, made efforts to adapt and build new detention premises that would meet most of the standards, but it remained unfinished for unknown reasons.