 The quality and diversity of food is a worrying problem in almost all IECD institutions. 3.3Extent of respect for the rights of escorted, detained, arrested persons in police stations2 Inspections of police stations aimed at examining the facilities and collecting and assessing relevant data on action undertaken and practices used by the police in view of meeting standards set forth in law No. 108/2014 “On the State Police”, Manual “On Rules of treatment and security of persons arrested and detained in Police Stations” approved with order no. 763, dated 27.09.2011 of Director General of the State Police, and verification of implementation for the recommendations of the Ombudsman given during 2014. In general, the vists of Ombudsman’s experts to these institutions for the year 2015 we conducted in compliance with the monitoring procedure of NPM and in a good spirit of cooperation. Exemption consisted of barriers in exercising the duty of NPM experts during an investigation at LPD Tirana, with delays in providing access in order to have contacts and review the relevant documentation. Findings of inspections conducted in police stations are as follows:  Considerable overcrowding of DPV Tirana and some of its subordinate police stations, of Police Station of Korça, Police Station of Fier, working most of the time above of their official capacity. Overcrowding was primarily created as a result of numerous arrests and detentions made during the year by police for offenses recently included in the Criminal Code, but also because the detained / arrested persons were accepted with delay by the Directorate General of Prisons for overcrowding reasons of detention institutions.  Complaints of cases of torture and physical and psychological abuse of citizens by police officers, especially those suspected offenders/perpetrators of Police Stations No. 2 and 5 in Tirana, the DPV Tirana, Police Station of Pogradec, and Police Station of Shkodra. Reasonable based complaints were followed by concrete recommendations for relevant measures regarding the responsible persons.  Detention and treatment of detained persons which the respective courts had given decisions on the security measure of "remand in prison", in some of security premises of state police structures. Also, persons with final decision of the court, with imprisonment in absentia for a period of 5 to 20 days, are held and treated in some security premises of state police structures,  Failure to perform related legal obligations by health and police personnel serving in the security premises, to report cases of violence against arrested and detained persons in DPV Tirana.  Failure to meet related legal obligations for the construction or adaptation of escort premises according to the required standards (3 escort rooms, one for adults, one for women and one for minors). In most police stations, escort rooms did not meet the standards for a dignified treatment of people, as they resulted to be dirty, unpainted, not supplied with the necessary furniture (chairs, benches, tables), and when there were such rooms, their furniture was damaged.  Failure to meet related legal obligations for the construction or adaptation of security premises, according to the required standards adopted by the International Conventions and the Manual “On Rules of Treatment and Security of Persons Arrested and Detained 2 On NPM inspection at Police Units, 44 recommendations were drafted. 14

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