Communications Provision of information in connection with visits The NPM has developed a brochure containing information on its mandate and its approach when visiting places of detention. The brochure also explains key terms and contains information on how to contact the NPM. The brochure has been translated into 14 languages: Arabic, Dari, English, Farsi, French, Lithuanian, Pashto, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya and Urdu. All the different language versions of the brochure are available on the NPM website. Prior to announced visits, the NPM sends posters and brochures to the place of detention, which are then displayed and distributed to persons deprived of their liberty and other involved parties. In the case of unannounced visits, no information is sent out prior to the visit, but the NPM’s staff take information brochures and posters with them for distribution and display during the visit. In 2015, the NPM plans to develop communication materials specifically for children in child welfare institutions and persons in psychiatric institutions in connection with visits to such institutions. After a visit is completed, the NPM seeks to ensure wide publication of the findings made during the visit and of what can be done to improve the conditions for persons deprived of their liberty. The visit report is sent to the visited place of detention and local partners, such as the health service, accident and emergency unit and emergency child welfare service. Copies of the report are also sent to the visited place with a request to make them available to persons deprived of their liberty. In prisons, appropriate display locations may include common areas or the library. In addition to publication on the NPM website, copies of visit reports are also immediately shared with the responsible authorities, the members of the advisory committee, relevant supervisory bodies and other relevant stakeholders. Posters announcing the NPM’s visit are displayed in Bergen prison. Norway’s National Preventive Mechanism – Annual Report 2014 37