sought with regard to the placement of accompanied minors, possibilities which will consider the well-being of the child and the care of their psychological and physical health and development. Other recommendations were also made in the report on the visit: • The NPM recommends that the possibility of installing appropriate darkening blinds in bedrooms intended for the accommodation of unaccompanied minors, foreign nationals, and vulnerable groups be studied; • The NPM recommends that at the time of acceptance (even though foreign nationals are given a form to sign at the time of acceptance in the AC stating that they have been briefed on the rules of staying there) vulnerable groups, especially unaccompanied minors, are clearly presented with the possibility of (un)limited access to and use of the outdoor playground (yard) and sports equipment; • The NPM recommends that the possibility of enabling unaccompanied minors to choose their own clothes and change them at will (if they have them) be studied. We further recommend that required help and assistance be appropriately provided in this respect. • The NPM recommends that the possibility of all rooms which are intended for the accommodation of unaccompanied minors being adapted to the needs of people with impaired mobility or other impairments (e.g. with labels and adapted material for the blind and visually impaired, access to an interpreter for the deaf and hearing impaired, etc.); • The NPM recommends that women and girls be provided with unlimited and free access to hygiene products such as sanitary towels, tampons or wet wipes; • The NPM again recommends that the possibility of installing a toilet seat on at least a few toilets be studied, as this is especially important for pregnant women; • The NPM recommends that the possibility of installing an appropriately marked (multilingual) complaint box in all units be studied; • The NPM recommends that social workers are encouraged to also use other work methods such as risk analysis and assessment, preparation of individual work plans, etc.; • The NPM recommends that appropriate management of the personal files of unaccompanied minors be set up, so that these include all the required documents (e.g. official notes, reports of visits by social work centres and the legal representative, reports on the family situation, reasons for and course of migration, minutes of team meetings, side notes and comments by expert associates, risk and possible threat analyses and assessments, vulnerability, etc.). We further recommend studying the possibility of reasonably (and appropriately) upgrading the case management system to electronic format. This would enable the entry of expert notes and the recording of individual objectives, progress, challenges, and the problems associated with an individual unaccompanied minor, whereby access to these notes (electronic personal files) would be limited: • The NPM expects that a refurbishment of the men’s unit will be planned as soon as possible, improving the situation of accommodated foreign nationals. In the context of this refurbishment, it is recommended that the possibility of setting up wireless internet be studied; • The NPM welcomes the planned setting up of a gym in the indoor playground and expects it to be set up as soon as possible, and that access to this gym will be given to foreign nationals without limitations; • The NPM recommends that the possibility of enabling foreign nationals unlimited access, or for more than one hour, to outdoor areas during the day be studied with regard to available human resources (in light of the consistently small number of accommodated foreign nationals); • The NPM recommends that the possibility of publishing house rules, or at least the time of expected outside visits, online, together with a presentation of the AC, be studied. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2017 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 75