Night lighting The detention cells should be equipped with night lighting, for instance in the shape of a dimmable lamp. Particularly when persons are accommodated there overnight, the room should have sufficient light so that for instance it is possible to find the alarm button without any difficulties, without the source of light preventing the person concerned from sleeping. Reaction: Appropriate night lighting had already been provided in some cases and would be successively post-fitted in the detention cells. Daylight and fresh air The Federal Agency considers daylight and natural ventilation to be necessary in the detention cells. If cells do not have daylight and natural ventilation, persons should be transported to other detention facilities which are so equipped if it is likely that they will remain for longer. Access to daylight and natural ventilation should be considered in new construction projects. Reaction: As a matter of principle, the detention facilities were only used for short-term accommodation. In the event of longer-term accommodation, inmates were quickly transferred to another facility. With new construction projects for detention areas, the Federal Police consistently implemented the space utilisation programme where constructional constraints allowed this. Access to daylight and natural ventilation was provided for in accordance with the space utilisation programme. Documentation Checks on persons being detained should be documented in detail in the cell occupancy sheet by the officers carrying them out. In addition to the precise time of the checks, the name and signature of the officer who visited the person in his/her detention cell should always be included. Petty cash box The Federal Agency welcomes the keeping of a petty cash box in Federal Police District Offices. This enables officers to ensure, quickly and unbureaucratically, that persons taken into detention are provided with food where this is necessary. It is however not understandable that Federal Police District Offices have a petty cash box, but Federal Police Stations with detention cells do not. Persons are detained in both types of Federal Police facility. A petty cash box should therefore be introduced in all facilities which have detention cells for the purpose of providing food. Reaction: The establishment of petty cash boxes in each Federal Police Station with a detention area was not necessary according to their assessment to provide 27