ANNUAL REPORT 2019-OMBUDSMANNATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM 2.10.1. Material conditions Rooms for interrogation and conversation with persons deprived of liberty and minors The police station does not have special rooms for interrogation and conversation with detainees, that is, persons deprived of liberty. Office No. 2 for conducting recognition sessions is also the office of the shift manager where the conversations with the detained and detained persons are led, and the inspectors also conduct the conversations with these persons in their official offices. The Law on Justice for Children stipulates that conversation with a child is conducted in special rooms suitable for conversation with a child, but the Police Station does not have such premises either. In this regard, the shift manager with whom the conversation was conducted pointed out that the conversations with the children are performed in the official offices of the inspectors in charge of juvenile delinquency, or in the office of the shift manager. Detention rooms The police station has 3 detention premises, of which 2 for individual detention and one for detention of two persons. They are located in the basement of the neighbouring building where the fire brigade’s premises are located, which is physically separated from the building where the other PS offices are located, access to these rooms is exclusively through stairs, which are very steep. From the inspection of the premises, it was concluded that all three rooms are without artificial lighting, with visible moisture on the walls, complete neglect of hygiene, no call system and no heating. In room No. 1 there was no glass on the windows in the room, and in the other rooms the windows are nailed with bars and there is no flow of daylight. Officials have provided various information regarding the period in which these premises were last used. Namely, according to some allegations, the premises were used until the end of 2016, while another information is that they have not been used for more than 5-7 years. Based on the established situation, the NPM team concludes that the detention premises do not meet the minimum required domestic and international standards for detention of persons deprived of liberty and that the accommodation of persons in those premises could be considered inhumane and degrading treatment. In this context, the NPM team recommends immediate sealing or conversion of the detention premises, and not to carry out long-term (more than 6 hours) detention of persons at the Delchevo Police Station. At the same time, it is necessary that the Police 82