irrespective of statutory requirements – it intended to issue a decree applying the Technical Guidelines for Fire Prevention 160 N by analogy or to establish uniform minimum fire protection standards in police detention centres in some other suitable way. standards As of the editorial deadline, no response had yet been received from the Federal Ministry of the Interior.  The Federal Ministry of the Interior should issue uniform requirements for fire protection systems in police detention centres nationwide and adapt the level of fire protection to at least meet the standards applicable to correctional institutions. 2.6.3. Individual cases 2.6.3.1. Lack of electrical sockets at the Villach police detention centre The NPM also brought up the lack of electrical connections or electrical sockets in the inmate cells at the Villach police detention centre (with the exception of the two cells for the maintenance workers). The NPM asked the Federal Ministry of the Interior whether and, if so, when the Ministry would order the installation of electrical connections in the inmate cells at the Villach police detention centre for the purpose of improving occupational opportunities. Electrical connections in inmate cells The Federal Ministry of the Interior replied that three inmate cells in the Villach police detention centre are equipped with an electrical socket. In addition, the Ministry is endeavouring to equip inmate cells with electrical connections within budgetary limits in the course of its adaptation and renovation work, based on the human rights standards developed jointly with the NPM. In discussing occupational opportunities at police detention centres with the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the NPM emphasised that the members of the working group jointly established the equipping of each cell with an electrical socket, which can be switched on or off from the outside, as a minimum standard. Thus far, the NPM is not in agreement that this (and other) standards should only be implemented in the course of “adaptations and renovations” or within “budgetary limits”. Therefore, the NPM again asked the Federal Ministry of the Interior when it could order the installation of electrical connections in the inmate cells at the Villach police detention centre. Once again the Ministry has not made any definitive statements in this regard.  Each of the inmate cells at the Villach police detention centre must be equipped with electrical sockets, which can be switched from the outside (with distributor sockets, if appropriate). 136