The NCPT: an overview 1.1.  Strategic priorities The thematic focus during the 2017 reporting year was on monitoring the implementation of prior recommendations issued by the Commission with regard to administrative detention under the Foreign Nationals Act and the treatment of high-security detainees. To that end, the Commission conducted 18 inspection visits. Overall, the Commission noted that the public authorities regularly implemented its recommendations and that the facilities under review were making efforts to take appropriate measures. With regard to the conditions of administrative detention under the Foreign Nationals Act, the Commission found that the restrictions of freedom of movement were nearly as strict as those imposed in pre-trial detention, which from a fundamental rights perspective is unacceptable. Furthermore, the material conditions of detention too closely resembled those of a prison, which is not consistent with the purpose of administrative detention. Nevertheless, improvements in the detention regime in individual facilities have been achieved and there has been an overall improvement in detention conditions. The Commission found that the conditions of detention in the reviewed high-security units at the Thorberg and Lenzburg correctional facilities, had improved and noted with satisfaction that steps have been taken, in particular, with regard to the length of solitary confinement in those units and the periodic review of the decision-making process for such internment. This past year the Commission for the first time devoted special attention to the detention conditions of female detainees held in pre-trial or pre-deportation detention. The Commission observed that there were serious shortcomings in this area, specifically with regard to awareness of international standards, and criticised the fact that detention conditions were primarily oriented towards the needs of male detainees. A further priority was the monitoring of reception and procedure centres that were first inspected in 2012 and 2013, and of the new Federal Asylum Centres, which were included in May 2017 6 Activity Report NCPT 2017