9. Recommendations delivered on the basis of inspections conducted during 2015 to the Border Police Directorates and Subordinate Commissariats and Stations Recommendation sent to the General Border and Migration Director on adoption of immediate measures to complete standards of training conditions at the border crossing points During 2015 year, the People's Advocate, in the role of National Mechanism of Torture Prevention, in support of article 19/1 of law no. 8454, dated 04.02.1999, “On the People's Advocate”, amended, and in close cooperation with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), monitored some border crossing/detention points, which are mainly frequented by illegal foreigners in Albania, and concretely: Shkoder Border Police Directorate– Date 02.06.2015 This directorate is located within the building of Shkoder Local Police Directorate. It has no premises for detainees. In cases when it is required detention of persons on behalf of border/migration authorities, this directorate takes the detainees to the detention facilities in Shkoder police station. Shkoder Border Police Directorate does not have at its disposal any funds for feeding the detainees. It also has no interpreter for foreign citizens. Regarding logistical means (TIMS system/fingerprint scanner), this directorate does not posses the necessary materials needed for the process of identification. Out of all border crossing points subordinate to this Directorate, only Hani i Hotit Border and Migration Police Station possesses detention facilities. There are two facilities, one for men, and one for women, in that station. The men detention room surface amounts to 6 square meters and it is 3.5 meters high. Its barred windows enable natural lighting. The room's only furniture is one seat. The steel door is closed by a bolt from the outside (same with the security premises). The room for detained women/minors is large, in good condition and it has accommodating furniture. There are 4 functional toilets in this station. The existing building is ruined. The health care is not offered in this station, but when there are emergencies, the station cooperates with the Koplik Hospital. Every detention is recorded on the book of the daily activity. Kapshtice Border Police Station– Date 30.09.2015 This Border Police Station is part and subordinate to the General Border Directorate of Korca County. The station operates at the border crossing point of Kapshtica and Kapshtica Police Station, 2 kilometers away from the border crossing point, and it has its own building. Besides the passport check points and the relevant staff at the border crossing point, there were two offices in the main building of this crossing point that were equipped with information technology (TIMS system) and staff specialized in identification and proceeding of problematic cases emerging at the passport check points when citizens cross the border to the Albanian territory. Regarding the identified cases that were consulted with the TIMS system by the side of the Border Police staff as regards citizens with problems of documents, persons wanted by police, persons that had illegally crossed the border, had been deported or had left war countries seeking for a refugee status, there were taken measures of their transportation to the aforesaid police station for other proceedings. This police station had two interviewing rooms equipped with information technology (TIMS system) and specialized interviewing staff. There were also two detention rooms (one for men and the other for women and minors). The detention rooms were equipped with stuff needed for a 10-hour detention (as foreseen by the law). During this 85