Police detention centres Bludenz police detention centre On a monitoring visit to Bludenz police detention centre, the NPM recommended implementing a technical solution to ensure a sufficient supply of fresh air to the single cells in the basement of the police detention centre. At the time, the Federal Ministry of the Interior stated that the Police Department of Vorarlberg was planning to ensure the exchange of air in the cells through a device connected to the extractor in the adjoining room. On a follow-up visit in September 2019, the commission learned that the Federal Real Estate and Property Corporation (Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft), as owner of the building, had rejected the planned solution, as both an air induction and an air extraction system would be required. The NPM requested the Federal Ministry of the Interior for information on why the two systems had not yet been installed. Innsbruck police detention centre On the monitoring visit to the temporary location of Innsbruck police detention centre at Innsbruck correctional institution in October 2020, the commission could not establish whether the air-conditioning system in the security cells actually works. Furthermore, the sanitary areas in these cells – contrary to the standards resolved by the working group – could be seen with video surveillance thereby depriving the detainees of any protection of their privacy. The police detention centre did not have a specially secured padded cell in which to house detainees at risk of self-harm either. There was also no special non-smoking cell in the police detention centre, that is to say, there was a smell of cold smoke in all of the cells viewed. The commission also considered the hygienic condition of several rooms as poor. For example, the floors in several cells and the bath in the men’s shower room were covered in dust. There was mouldy food in a cell in the women’s section. Numerous toilets had quite visibly not been cleaned. Furthermore, the police detention centre did not have a free change of clothes for detainees with no money. Roßauer Lände police detention centre On the monitoring visit to Roßauer Lände police detention centre, the commission criticised the poor hygienic conditions on the third floor of the building. Both the floor and the ceiling of the sanitary rooms were badly soiled or had mould. Furthermore, the floor and the toilet in a security cell were badly soiled and had brownish stains. Salzburg police detention centre The commission observed on the monitoring visit to Salzburg police detention centre in December 2019 that there was a board between the mattress and metal springs on a bed in a staff recreation room. In response to the recommendation to replace the bed and provide adequate relaxation opportunities in all staff recreation rooms, the Federal Ministry of the Interior reported that only one officer used the bed. The Ministry explained that the criticised bed eased the back problems of the officer and that there were six other recreation rooms available for the remaining members of staff. 149