48 Annexes Tønsberg police custody • The police, along with correctional services, should review the procedures for information sharing and other types of cooperation when transferring vulnerable (including potentially suicidal) detainees to prison, to ensure that they are cared for in a safe manner. • The police should ensure that the considerations weighed in determining the type and frequency of supervision are always logged in the custody records. • The local custody instruction guide should be changed to stipulate that handcuffs are to be used only after a specific, individual assessment. Any use of coercive measures or force on detainees should be entered into the custody records. • Full removal of clothing on admission to custody should occur only after an individual risk assessment. In cases where full removal of clothing is deemed necessary after an individual assessment, the procedure should normally be carried out in a way that avoids complete nudity. • The police, in cooperation with correctional services, should further strengthen efforts to comply with the two-day deadline for transfer to prison. • The police should consult with the emergency child welfare service on establishing a routine for informing the service of any apprehension or transport into custody of minors. • The police should strengthen efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of isolation, in particular by considering the possibility of visits from outside for detainees who have been in custody beyond two days. • The police should consider expanding the local custody instruction guide to include additional procedures and responsibilities to relieve the harshness of stays in custody. • The police should ensure that detainees are able to speak directly with health personnel at the local accident and emergency care unit, and that a telephone conversation can be conducted without police or custody officers hearing what is said. • The police should not be able to hear conversations in the patient room at the accident and emergency care unit. Nor should the police be able to look into the patient room, unless requested by health personnel in special situations. Norway’s National Preventive Mechanism – Annual Report 2014 • Doctors at the accident and emergency care unit and other health personnel should inform detainees when forensic work is being performed that is not covered by confidentiality rules. • Foreign detainees transported to the accident and emergency care unit should be offered interpretation services. • The accident and emergency care unit should have a camera available so that injuries to detainees can be documented by the doctor in the patient journal. • A defibrillator should be obtained and placed in an easily accessible place in the custody facility. Custody officers and others working in the facility should be given regular training in defibrillator use. • The police should ensure that informational materials pertaining to detainee rights after apprehension and transport into custody are updated to clarify that notification or attempted notification of defence counsel is always carried out without undue delay, regardless of time of day. • The police should ensure that all persons detained are offered both written and verbal information on their rights while in custody, in a language they understand. • The police should establish a procedure asking all detainees to sign an affirmation that they have been informed of their rights in a language they understand. • The police should ensure that the custody records note which steps have been completed for each detainee, in particular the notification of relatives and defence counsel, the arrangement of contact with a doctor, and the successful communication of the detainee’s rights and the reasons for his or her deprivation of liberty. • The police are advised to consider upgrading several custody cells to give them a more humane design. As an immediate practical matter, the police should ensure that the wall colour in each cell contrasts with the floor so that detainees can orient themselves more easily. • A good lighting-control system for all cells should be put in place, including an option for subdued lighting; all cells should also have clocks installed. • Detainees should be assured of adequate access to the open air. At a minimum, persons detained should be able to breathe fresh air and see daylight on a daily basis, and be given a genuine opportunity for movement and the feeling of being outdoors.