fundamental and human rights �.� national preventive mechanism against torture Camera surveillance in the shower facilities of the seclusion premises. lance personnel also contains members of both sexes. The supervised person is not aware of who is watching them and cannot know whether there is more than one person in the control room. Being aware of being watched while taking a shower may affect a person’s willingness to wash themselves at all. Neither was the Ombudsman convinced of the adequacy of the present changes to the shower room’s camera surveillance in safeguarding the privacy of its users. It is apparent from the surveillance monitor that the person can be watched right until the moment they are standing under the shower. Conditions in isolation premises The isolation premises were renovated and clean, but very ascetic and cell-like. The Ombudsman recommended the detention unit to take measures to ensure the appropriate and dignified treatment of detainees held in the current isolation premises. The room should have at least some type of level surface for eating. The thin mattress used as a bed should be replaced with a thicker, bed-like mattress. The Ombudsman also recommended the 94 purchase of clocks for the isolation premises so that a person would have the opportunity to keep track of time. The detention unit reported that it had purchased 30 cm high safety beds and cube tables for the isolation rooms. Clocks would also be purchased for the premises. Identification of suicidal tendencies and suicide prevention Several cases involving suicidal tendencies and one suicide had occurred in the detention unit during the year. During the visit, the management of the detention unit was provided with information on the Criminal Sanctions Agency’s training materials for suicide-prevention and the assessment of the need for urgent care. The NPM had the impression that the detention unit was not aware of the Finnish Immigration Service’s instructions concerning these matters. The Ombudsman recommended that the Finnish Immigration Service should review its guidelines concerning suicides in order to assess whether they contain enough information on