Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2012 In PS Rogaška Slatina, the NPM again pointed out the deficiency of detention rooms, that there is no possibility of daylight although it is commendable that the power of the artificial light could be regulated there. It was discovered during the visit to PS Velenje that, in the room for longer periods of detention, room number 2, one of three light bulbs was not working. Since during the previous visit of the NPM a light bulb was not working in detention room number 1 intended for shorter periods of detention, the NPM repeated its proposal that in the future the police station should regularly monitor the functioning of light bulbs in both detention rooms. In its response report, the Ministry of the Interior stated that the management of PS Velenje made up a special form for police officers as a reminder to carry out activities during detention and according to which every duty officer, when on service, must check the light bulbs in both detention rooms. The management should check weekly that this has been done. Cleanliness of rooms All police stations which were visited employed a cleaner or have contracts with a cleaning service. Rooms were organised, clean, and properly ventilated except in BPS Gruškovje in which case the NPM proposed to have the rooms for deportation or transfer of foreigners cleaned and maintained more frequently (at the time of the visit, rooms were filled with boxes, in addition, waste bins in toilets were filled with paper although it was stated that rooms for the removal of foreigners had not been used in the past year). The rooms for lost and confiscated objects were not organised or clean (these are a small room in the cellar and a garage) in PS Rače. The practice of PS Ormož, where a register of cleaning activity is kept, must be particularly commended. Toilets The toilets were adequately arranged: there was typically a toilet bowl in the rooms for longer periods of detention and a squat toilet with flush operation in the rooms for shorter periods of detention. During the visit to PS Piran it was proposed that the plumbing fixture in rooms for shorter periods of detention should be adequately repaired or, where necessary, also replaced. Since the plumbing fixture could easily be moved, there was a risk that any detained person might take advantage of that and pull the fixture out of position. The Ministry of the Interior assured the NPM that PS Piran, being aware of the issue, would notify the relevant maintenance service and adopt other necessary measures. Video- and audio- surveillance The detention rooms of police stations are equipped with video-surveillance systems and a call bell (linked with the room of the duty police officer) which is marked with a notice (a label) about the audio device and video-surveillance system. When examining the videosurveillance system in detention rooms it was observed, that the latter was properly installed since toilets were not monitored. It is commendable that PS Velenje took into account the recommendation from the previous visit and the video-surveillance system does not now monitor the part of the detention room where there are toilets (in accordance with point 1.9 of the Rules for Construction, Adaptation and Equipment of Detention Rooms) as discovered during the previous visit. 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 35