Implementation of Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2010 PP Domžale and PP Trebnje are the only two PPs without a video-surveillance system. Considering the location of the rooms (in the basement of PP), this means an additional burden and obligation for the police officer on duty. During the visit, the commander of PP Domžale explained that renovation of the detention rooms was planned for 2010. All the visited PPs have a bell in the detention rooms. Food and water The majority of PPs provide detained persons with food in the form of different lunch packages (also special for vegetarians). Except in PP Sežana, the expiry date of the packages was adequate. As observed, two detained persons in this PP also received a cold meal despite the expired date. The DPM proposed that fresh cold meals be delivered in future, and it its response, MNZ indicated that irregularities with regard to dry meals had been eliminated immediately after the visit. The majority of PPs have contracts for warm food supply with nearby restaurants (particularly for detentions up to 48 hours). In some PPs, the detention rooms lack access to running water (PP Šiška, PP Bovec, PP Nova Gorica, PP Trbovlje, PP Ljubljana Vič, PP Vrhnika, PP Sežana and PP Trebnje), so police officers bring it in plastic bottles, and in some places (PP Bovec, PP Nova Gorica and PP Trebnje) water is even dispensed in glasses. We proposed they change this and provide detained persons with constant access to drinking water. Health care of detained persons Medical attention is provided either by taking the detained person to the nearby 24-hour health care centre, or a doctor comes to the PP. Vehicles for transporting detainees While examining the vehicles, we observed in PP Litija that the place where the detained persons were transported was dirty. The DPM proposed the place be cleaned and kept clean in the future. Behind the cab, all vehicles were equipped with a slot allowing the detained person to hold on even in handcuffs. Except for PP Medvode, all other visited PPs have their own intervention vehicle. Since that this PP does not have detention rooms, the detained person is transported in a police vehicle. Other PPs are asked to transport aggressive or intoxicated persons. According to the DPM, this is not the best solution for the PP or the detained person. Room for lawyers Police stations have either a special room for lawyers, or other rooms are used for this purpose (reception room for detained persons, interrogation room). In some PPs, equipment in these rooms is insufficient (no table or chair); therefore we suggested the installation of adequate equipment intended for discussion between lawyers and clients. The DPM warned PP Vrhnika, which uses the most inappropriate room for discussions with the lawyer (small room, inadequate inventory), of the deficiencies and suggested they provide a more appropriate room with adequate inventory. In this PP and in PP Ljubljana Vič, discussions with lawyers are held in a room intended for regular police work. In PP Ljubljana Vič, we noticed a belt with equipment (including a personal weapon) in an unlocked and open room in a visible place, and in PP Vrhnika, we noticed investigators’ documentation (including personal information) on the tables. The DPM called on both stations to provide a room intended exclusively for interrogation/discussion with lawyers. National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 29