Annual Report 2015 • Detention Areas Supervisory Commission of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee Appendix I contains a summary of the competences of the individual organisations. The Dutch NPM is composed of a number of organisations selected to ensure that, jointly, they cover the entirety of the field of the supervision of and advice on persons restricted in their freedom. Each member has its own duties, responsibilities and powers, as laid down by laws and regulations. In addition, these organisations, jointly, have specific responsibilities as the NPM. The supervisory activities within the NPM network are performed by the three Inspectorates and the commissions of oversight. The organisations collaborate wherever possible whenever their competences overlap. The Inspectorates jointly perform studies, for example. The organisations comprising the NPM act within assessment frameworks laid down in advance when performing their supervisory duties. The principles underlying the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are incorporated into these assessment frameworks by default. Activities in 2015 The Dutch NPM has a supervisory and advisory duty with respect to all types of restriction and deprivation of freedom. In its performance of this duty, the NPM made almost 1,200 visits 5 in 2015. Not all visits resulted in individual reports 6. Nor have all reports been made public. The publicly available research and advisory reports are listed in the below. The completed reports (in Dutch) can be accessed directly via the hyperlinks. Adult prisoners • Monitoring police custody in the Netherlands • Use of the neck hold • Contraband in forensic psychiatric centres • Vught Penitentiary Institution following reports in the media • Leave practice in forensic psychiatric centres • Implementation of DJI 2013-2018 Masterplan, risks to detention centres • 11 annual reports of the Commissions of Oversight for Police Custody7 • 42 annual reports of the Commissions of Oversight 8 • Annual report of the Detention Areas Supervisory Commission of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee • Advice on the exploration of the privatisation of detention centres • Advice on the risks and obstacles related to longstay 5 Excluding visits to penitentiary institutions by the Commissions of Oversight. 6 For instance, an investigation into individual incidents in the healthcare system. 7 One annual report from each of the ten units of the police and one annual report from the National Centre. 8 Each year, more Commissions of Oversight draw up an annual report. 5 Table of Cont