Visits in 2015 and prior to deportation. According to the police, the period of occupancy was usually short (one to two hours), but could occasionally be as long as 12 hours. The NPM also visited Customs and Excise’s premises at the airport, which were next door to the police waiting cells. Customs and Excise has three custody cells of four to six square metres. Persons are not usually detained here for more than one to two hours. In the course of the three months prior to the visit, three people had been detained for more than four hours at the premises. The NPM pointed out that the information sheet that was presented contained passages that left the impression that Customs and Excise had wider powers to conduct inspections for control purposes than warranted by applicable regulations. Finally, the NPM visited Gardermoen Police Station, located approximately 500 metres from the terminal building at Oslo Airport. The Police Station reports to Romerike Police District and has six custody cells. Romerike Police District’s management has stated on several occasions that this custody facility is not in use. During an inspection, the NPM nevertheless found that the custody facility had a detainee. The local management had not been informed about this detention. Documentation obtained after the visit showed that there had been 19 cases of detention in 2015 up to the time of the visit, including several cases of detention overnight. Furthermore, the NPM found an information sheet posted on the wall of the custody facility that was inconsistent with the local custody instructions. 47 After the visit Following the visit, Romerike Police District has made changes to local custody instructions and made it clear that the local police district management shall be informed on the few occasions that the custody facility is taken into use. They will also investigate the possibility of installing clocks in the cells and of painting the cells so that there is a clear colour contrast between the walls and the floor. The NPIS has made changes to internal guidelines so that it is now absolutely clear that body searches at the deportation centre are not meant to involve the removal of all clothing. The Oslo and Akershus customs region has changed the wording in the information sheet so that it is clear that use of the special toilet is voluntary. The cells measured around six square metres. There was no clear colour contrast between the floor and wall, which were painted in a dark grey colour. None of the cells had access to a clock. There was also a lack of daylight. Metal bars with rings for fastening handcuffs has been installed behind a bench along the wall of the registration room. Gardermoen police custody facility