detained person with the shift manager in the Police Station, but in one of the rooms this system was visibly damaged, that is, the electrical installation was detached, which could be used as a means of self-harm. The police station does not possess special rooms for detention of children, as provided for in the Law on Justice for Children, which stipulates that “Authorized officials of the Ministry of Interior keep the child in premises suitable for detention of a child of its age, different from the detention premises for adults.” In a conversation with the shift manager and the inspector for juvenile delinquency, they pointed out that minors are not detained in detention premises, but in exceptional situations when there is a need for detention, minors are accommodated in one of the meeting rooms, which is located in the immediate vicinity of the shift manager’s room. Sanitary node Within the Karposh Police Station there are separate toilets for the detained persons and for the employed officials. In the part where the detention rooms are located, there are special toilets that are used exclusively by the detained persons. At the moment of the visit, from the inspection of the toilets, NPM concluded that they are functional, with 1 tap and 2 sanitary nodes. 2.1.2. Realization of the rights of the detained persons The National Preventive Mechanism established that posters in seven languages with the rights of detainees, persons deprived of their liberty and detained persons, except in the hall, are positioned at a visible place in the premises for interrogation and conversation with persons deprived of their liberty and in the office of the shift manager, and in a visible place in the hallway of the Police Station the Code of Police Ethics is placed. The NPM team was informed by the commander and the shift manager that the detainees and persons deprived of their liberty at the Police Station were also informed about the right to call a defence counsel, to inform a third party about their arrest, that is deprivation of liberty, as well as the right to seek medical care. The summoned, detained and persons deprived of their liberty, in the conditions when they want to use the right to call a defence counsel, have at their disposal the list of lawyers registered in the Lawyer’s Register issued by the Bar Association of the Republic of Macedonia kept at the Police Station and a separate list with contacts of lawyers who have undergone training for working with children is also kept by the for juvenile delinquency. The NPM team found out that during each arrest, that is, deprivation of liberty or www. ombudsman.mk 21