Annual Report 2015 2 Supervision and Advice Themes The NPM concludes that the rights of persons restricted in their freedom in the Netherlands are generally respected. The NPM has performed its supervision task and rendered advice on the fields of healthcare, detention and repatriation of irregular migrants. It was found that, in general, persons restricted in their freedom are provided with adequate and due care. Some advisory reports did contain recommendations on more strongly embedding human rights in legislation, policy and practice. The following sections address the four primary supervision and advice themes the NPM focuses on. The NPM designated the subject of "transportation" as a theme for 2015. Wherever possible, this theme was addressed during the regular supervision duties. No specific points of attention were identified. For this reason, the theme of "transportation" is not explicitly discussed in this annual report. Reorganisation of the Detention Centres Some 38,000 persons were detained in the Netherlands in 2015. 10 As the number of detainees in the Netherlands is decreasing, the Dutch government is reducing cell capacity. In 2013, this led to the Custodial Institutions Agency being faced with heavy cuts in the budget for the detention centres. These budget cuts resulted in significant changes in the organisation and its policies. The NPM notes that this has also resulted in uncertainty among the staff with respect to the preservation of their jobs and the tasks associated with their positions. Some institutions and wards - in particular the so-called low and very low security (i.e., half-open and open) institutions - have been closed. Facilities, regimes and activities have been economised. Yet the NPM has not identified any signs of this situation having resulted in inhuman or degrading treatment. The NPM does, however, provide the warning that new measures would result in a reduced capability to enforce security and the detention climate and will continue to closely monitor the current reorganisation. 10 DJI in figures 2011-2015 8 Table of Cont