Report on the Performance of Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2017 Some police stations still lack premises for the accommodation of persons deprived of liberty. For instance, they are temporarily confined in a side room of the Zadar Police Station designated for seized possessions and later taken by police officers to the Gračac Police Access to daylight and fresh air represent basic living conditions that each person deprived of liberty is entitled to and their restriction can lead to development of diseases. Station 40 kilometres away. Such a practice makes police activities much more difficult. Furthermore, the CPT standards prescribe that rooms for confinement purposes must have a squat toilet with a flusher, as well as access to drinking water. Despite these requirements, lavatories are mostly located outside of such rooms and it is highly unacceptable to locate them on a floor different to the one where the room for confinement purposes is situated, as in Otočac. Also, ventilation systems are not installed in the majority of rooms. Sometimes windows facing the corridor of the police station are used for the same purpose. Most of the premises lack alarm switches. To attract officers’ attention, prisoners are forced to wave at the video surveillance cameras. The situation in the Rab Police Station is particularly serious: the room lacks the alarm switch, whereas CCTV cameras do not function properly, which means that persons deprived of liberty cannot communicate with the relevant police officer. Video surveillance systems are installed in the majority of rooms where persons deprived of liberty are accommodated, unlike corridors and other premises where they move. In case of the Korenica Police Station, a camera is installed in the lavatory and this is regarded as a breach of privacy and lack of respect for these persons’ dignity. For these reasons, video surveillance should be installed in all rooms where persons deprived of liberty are accommodated or where they spend time, apart from the lavatory. In that respect, the Mali Lošinj Police Station can serve as an example of good practice since it has fixed windows with glass tiles to allow for daylight. All rooms are equipped with lavatories that include stainless steel squat toilets with a flusher and partition. Water is readily available. Video surveillance and alarm switches are installed in all rooms. Rights of persons deprived of liberty Records on persons deprived of liberty (arrested, detained or confined) were inspected during the visits. When issuing orders on isolation in separate rooms or Report on Arrest, police stations do not keep records on the time when a person was deprived of liberty or released. This represents a breach of the constitutional provision stipulating inviolability of freedom, as well as the fact that it may not be limited or taken away by a third party, unless provided by law, in which case the relevant decision must be rendered by a court. Furthermore, treatment of persons under the influence of intoxicants is not regulated by a special ordinance. In accordance with the Misdemeanour Act, if a person is found to be under the influence of intoxicants while committing an offence and if special circumstances indicate that a person will continue committing an offence, he/she may be put in a special room by a police. Apart from deadlines, the Act does not lay down details regarding the special circumstances so these issues have to be regulated by 25