Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2012 An inspection of an intervention vehicle in PS Rogaška Slatina was also carried out. In the section of the vehicle for detained persons, an official note on detention bearing the name of a detained person and a striped pullover were found. Although after the inspection of the register on the use of the intervention vehicle, it was discovered that the vehicle had not been used since the day of the official note mentioned, it is essential that police officers should make a regular check of the vehicle after every transportation of a person in detention, and take care that the space intended for the transportation of detained persons is tidy and clean. The Ministry of the Interior informed the NPM that the management of the police station warned police officers to consistently check the space within an intervention vehicle dedicated for the transport of persons after the transportation had been performed and to clean the vehicle, when necessary. Exercise area Exercise areas are intended for detained persons to walk and smoke in. The majority of police stations do not have a special walking area and this is not appropriate, particularly in the case of police stations where there are rooms for longer periods of detention. The police station’s courtyards are in practice used for this purpose; an escort or personal surveillance of a detained person is provided for in such a case. A change for the worse was found in PS Velenje with a reduction in air movement provided for detained persons in case of longer detention, where a courtyard there is no longer enclosed with a low fence as before but exercise is allowed on an unfenced courtyard. Walking areas (where they exist) are usually large enough but they differ in terms of shade (they are mostly not covered) and enclosure (enclosed with a fence or without it). The NPM welcomes that the walking area in PS Ormož and PS Rogaška Slatina is half covered which enables detained persons to take walks in various weather conditions. In some walking areas (in PS Metlika, PS Podlehnik, PS Murska Sobota, PS Gorišnica) there was an audio device and a video-surveillance system installed which was marked with a suitable warning. In most cases the walking areas were clean. Room for lawyers Police stations have either a special room for lawyers, or other rooms are used for this purpose (a reception room for detained persons, an interrogation room, or study rooms for police officers). In addition to the list of lawyers published on the Police website, all police stations, except PS Podlehnik had a list of lawyers available in printed form. For one police station (PS Metlika), where the list of lawyers was old, the NPM proposed that a new one be printed and regularly updated. In PS Žalec where the list of lawyers was not updated, the NPM proposed that a new list be provided bearing the date and that it be regularly updated in the future. Some police stations (PS Lendava, PS Ormož, PS Rogaška Slatina) had their room for interviews with a lawyer under a video-surveillance system which was marked with a suitable warning, and there was also a bell, while some police stations (PP Gorišnica) had only an audio device. In PS Šentjur pri Celju, a small window enables visual supervision from the room of a duty police officer. Accommodation area for foreigners Special rooms for foreigners are available in PS Metlika, PS Podlehnik, BPS Gruškovje, BPS Bistrica ob Sotli, PS Ljutomer, PS Lendava, PS Ormož and PS Gorišnica. National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 39