must be called in, if necessary.  If there is a clear indication of mental impairment on the medical history sheet or in the detention log, a psychiatrist must be called in.  Police physicians must have access to psychiatric expertise at all times, regardless of the day of the week and the time of day.  It is necessary to develop criteria for the provision of adequate health care to inebriated, substance-impaired, mentally ill persons and persons who are a danger to themselves.  Transfer to specialised clinics rather than placement into specially secured cells is medically necessary.  Before ending detention, police physicians should inform persons found to be unfit to undergo detention of any additional medical measures and possibilities. 2.6.2.4. Partitioning of the toilet areas in cells for multiple inmates In the last reporting year, the NPM focused on the inadequate partitioning of toilet areas in cells for multiple inmates (see NPM Report 2014, pp. 123 et seq.). The Human Rights Advisory Council made a report on 16 June 2015 on the question of the structural partitioning of toilet facilities in police department inmate cells. According to that report, the human rights impact depends, in particular, on the duration of the detention. In the opinion of the Human Rights Advisory Council, the same standards as in correctional institutions should be sought if multiple persons are held in the same cell for a lengthy period of time. Applied to long-term detention in police detention centres, this means that inmate cells that house more than one person must have a structurally partitioned toilet area (see also CPT standards p. 18, margin no. 49; Finland Report of 11 May 1999, paragraphs 72 and 73). If a person is placed into a single cell for a lengthy period of time, a visual barrier (e.g. curtain) should be provided at the request of the affected person, unless otherwise required in the individual case – for example, for reasons of suicide prevention (see Item 2.6.5.2 regarding sanitary facilities in inmate cells during short-term detention). Expertise of the Human Rights Advisory Council The structural defects in the toilet areas of cells for multiple inmates at the Salzburg and Steyr police detention centres constitute a (potential) invasion of privacy for the affected persons and were therefore the subject of a complaint by the NPM. Toilets in cells occupied by multiple inmates must be walled in on all sides. Contrary to the case of the Linz police detention centre, the Federal Ministry of the Interior did not promise to refrain from placing multiple inmates in the cells at the Salzburg and Steyr police detention centres until they had been structurally adapted. Criticism of structural defects With respect to the Graz police detention centre as well, the NPM repeatedly criticised that the toilets in cells for multiple inmates were only partitioned from the rest of the cell by doors that were not fully closed off. However, it was noted as a positive step in the past reporting year that the Federal Ministry of the Interior had obtained 132

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