bids for partitioning the toilet areas. In April 2015, the head of the Graz police detention centre asked the commission to discuss the “washroom renovation” project with him and the competent officer at the Styria police department. In the course of a visit, he informed the commission about the planned renovation work in detail and made the relevant documents available. For the purpose of renovating the washroom segments of 37 toilet areas at the Graz police detention centre, a proposal was obtained from a specialised company. The proposal contemplated partitioning the washroom from the inmate cell by adding on to the side walls and installing new single-wing doors, which are lockable from the inside. The washroom’s ventilation system is turned on automatically when the light is switched on. The ventilation equipment will be installed with the proper fire protection. The renovation will provide prisoners with a washroom area that is shielded from vision and equipped with a ventilation system to minimise odours. The total available area of the washroom will remain the same. Graz police detention centre presents renovation plans Together with employees of the Graz police detention centre, the commission visited several inmate cells to examine the anticipated effects of the planned renovation. On site, it also seemed that the planned implementation would not decrease the size of either the washroom area or the inmate cell itself. The planned renovations ensure the protection of the privacy of detainees and the reduction of noxious odours, which had been demanded by the commission for years. The commission therefore assumes that the solution will also satisfy the relevant recommendations of the CPT. The NPM welcomed the plan and asked the Federal Ministry of the Interior to notify it as soon as the structural reconfiguration of the washrooms in the Graz police detention centre is completed. The NPM will follow up on the efforts to realise the structural measures. The NPM also complained that cells for multiple inmates at the Wels police detention centre have toilets that are only separated from the rest of the cell by a wooden partition. These wooden partitions are open at the top and the bottom. The NPM asked the Federal Ministry of the Interior to take the necessary structural measures as quickly as possible to fully partition the toilets from the rest of the cell on all sides. Inmate cells in the Wels police detention centre The Federal Ministry of the Interior stated that the sanitary facilities at the Wels police detention centre were renovated in 2003. In addition, the Ministry added that it is endeavouring to construct partitioned toilet facilities in all police detention centres – including the Wels police detention centre – within the limits of structural and financial feasibility. The NPM welcomed this plan in principle. However, the Federal Ministry of the Interior only stated its intention with the express reservation of structural and financial feasibility. Thus, it ultimately remains unclear whether and, if so, when the Federal Ministry of the Interior will actually take the detainees’ right to privacy into account by completely partitioning the toilet facilities in inmate cells with multiple occupants. Reservations regarding a nationwide solution 133