22 Trandum During its visit to the police immigration detention centre at Trandum in 2015, the NPM found that detainees received little information during admission about rules and daily routines at the detention centre. An information pamphlet had been created in several languages about rights and duties while in detention, but most of the detainees stated that they had not been given written information about their rights upon arrival. The police immigration detention centre at Trandum NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN National Preventive Mechanism ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Deprivation of liberty pursuant to the Immigration Act is not the consequence of a criminal offence and does not constitute punishment. The detainees at Trandum are often in a very difficult life situation, with a high degree of uncertainty and unpredictability. Because of this, good information about rights and daily routines during detention is particularly important.