National Preventive Mechanism Number of visits in 2016 in the individual Laender Land 2016 Vienna 141 Lower Austria Tyrol 101 Styria 74 Uper Austria 43 Carinthia 28 Salzburg 23 Burgenland 23 Vorarlberg 9 total 80 522 For all 522 visits, results are available in the form of the comprehensive reports of the commissions. The commissions found that they had grounds to criticise 83% of visits uncovered deficits the human rights situation in relation to 417 visits of institutions and 16 police operations. No criticisms were made for 89 visits (62 institutions and 27 police operations). This means that deficiencies were identified in 83% of the visits carried out by the commissions. The observation of police operations resulted less frequently in criticism from the commissions on a pro rata basis than visits carried out in institutions and facilities (37% against 87%). The NPM is not only called on to report problems but also endeavours to recommend a solution for the deficiency identified. It is thus often necessary to work on potential improvements alongside the relevant operators of the facilities, supervisory authorities and/or ministries. Since these processes are understandably time-intensive, these procedures can often take up months. Proportion of visits in 2016 with or without criticism Monitoring of institutions and facilities Monitoring of police operations Visits in total criticism no criticism 87 % 13 % 37 % 63 % 83 % 17 % 87