50 A leaflet containing information about detainees’ rights, besides in Serbian and English, shall be made available in languages of the national minorities living in the territory under jurisdiction of the Police Administration. Each detainee should sign two copies of the aforementioned information, one to be retained by the person deprived of liberty and the other one by the Police. Police station in Žitište92: Alarm mechanism for calling police officers on duty shall be installed within the police detention premises. Detention facilities should be covered by video surveillance system, providing at the same time storing and archiving of the recorded material, in order to ensure protection and security of the detainees, as well as to reduce the risk of violence and other incidents that may jeopardize their safety. To provide an adequate lighting by removing the existing metal panel above the entrance door and placing a grid bar in order to ensure sufficient amount of artificial light. To paint the premises, the entrance door, and to repair the floor in both detention premises. To maintain toilet hygiene on a regular basis, assuring that detainees can fulfill their physiological needs in clean and decent conditions. Detained persons shall be provided one meal of food no later than 6 hours from the time of their deprivation of liberty, and if the duration of detention is in excess of 12 hours, detained person shall be provided three meals a day (breakfast, lunch and supper). Detained persons shall also be provided with sufficient quantities of drinking water in original plastic containers. Special records of visits of detained persons by police officers shall be maintained, which will contain information on physical condition of the detainees, as well as the information on water and food brought. To provide proper heating of detention premises in the winter period by installing a heating source therein. A rights leaflet should be handed out to all persons deprived of liberty, and not only to the ones detained under suspicion of committing a crime made punishable by the Criminal Procedure Code. A leaflet containing information about the rights of the detainees, besides in Serbian and English, should also be available in languages of the national minorities living in the territory under jurisdiction of the Police Station. Each detai- 92 Report on the visit to the Police Station in Žitište, February 2012, No71-35/12

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