Report on the Performance of Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2015 According to CPT standards, persons held at police stations for more than 24 hours have to have the possibility to spend time outdoors, in fresh air, which is not the practice in all police administrations. A positive example is Police Administration of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Furthermore, in most police stations meals are provided to persons deprived of their liberty, but in some this is not the case, so even police officers sometimes buy them at their own expense. A positive example is the Detention Unit of Police Administration of Požega-Slavonia County, which has a contract on food delivery concluded with two catering facilities. Records of persons deprived of their liberty In all detention units, detention supervisors simultaneously perform tasks in the operations and communications centre, which is not good, because the performance of two tasks can result in their becoming overburdened. Consequently, the tasks need to be organized so that detention supervisors perform only their primary duty. A part of the police stations do not keep written records on total number of detained, brought in and arrested persons and persons placed in the room for persons deprived of their liberty. They keep these records only in electronic form, but such electronic records do not show when or even whether the person was explained the reason for their deprivation of liberty. This information is provided in the case file, but this file can be viewed only during regular working hours of the station, which makes supervision during unannounced visits outside working hours impossible, so this indirectly disables the performance of the tasks of the NPM. Uniform records, made in writing and containing copies of appropriate forms, e.g. arrest reports and certificates confirming that the persons were explained the reason of their arrest and that they have been informed of their rights, would enable fast and efficient verification of this information. A positive example is Police Administration of Požega-Slavonia County, which uses an official records form with extremely detailed information provided. Finally, it has been found that in some Police Administrations police officers are not familiar with the authorities of the NPM, so they need to be informed and educated in that respect. 3.3. Visits to psychiatric institutions After we visited five psychiatric institutions in 2014, individual reports with recommendations and warnings were drafted. Following the responses about implementation of those recommendations, in 2015 we performed a follow up visit to Ugljan Psychiatric Hospital and found that it has acted in accordance with all the warnings of the Ombudswoman issued in 2014, except the one pertaining to the beneficiaries of the permanent accommodation service under The Social Welfare Act who are de facto permanent residents of certain medical wards. Likewise, all recommendations other than those that require more substantial financial resources have been implemented, but even those have been accepted by the hospital, which is now looking for sources of funding. Recommendations sent to ministries in terms of seeking systematic solutions have been partly implemented. The Ministry of Social Policy and Youth warned back in 2014 all the social welfare centres about the need for a more engaged approach 19