Police detention centres The NPM will therefore continue to monitor the implementation of all standards and specifications of the Federal Ministry of the Interior that require structural measures. In September 2019 the Federal Ministry of the Interior submitted the revised hygiene directives for police detention centres of 1 July 2019. The Ministry integrated all of the standards adopted by the working group in this directive including fixtures and fittings in the centres (with bed linen etc.), access to (free) toiletries and shower facilities. The directives also contain the specifications agreed with the NPM for cleaning and changing bed linen and mattresses. The NPM will monitor the implementation of the specifications on its visits based on these directives. New hygiene directive for police detention centres Together with the hygiene directives, the Federal Ministry of the Interior also presented the NPM the new decree on detention enforcement of May 2019. This decree contains all of the amendments envisaged by the Ministry, which the NPM requested in the previous year (see NPM Report 2018, p. 141 et seq.) New decree on detention enforcement The decree now stipulates that all examinations after the initial examination by a public medical officer at the beginning of placement of a person in a special security (padded) cell shall take place within twelve hours. Amendments implemented If there is no video monitoring system or the video monitoring is broken or not functioning properly, a person in a security cell shall be personally monitored at least every 15 minutes. Persons in padded cells shall be constantly monitored directly beside the cell if the video monitoring is broken or is not working properly. According to the decree, barrier-free use of a telephone shall be enabled if needed, as concluded by the working group. On the positive side, the new decree contains a regulation for monitoring the use of handcuffs and/or shackles for convicts in padded cells (see NPM Report 2018, p. 142). Accordingly, the effect of and need for handcuffs and/or shackles for this person shall be monitored and documented constantly, at the least once every hour. In addition, not only the time at which food and liquids are offered to persons in padded cells and the possible rejection or refusal on the part of the prisoner shall be documented, but also visits to the toilet. Additional obligations for documentation The NPM thus anticipates a more precise documentation of all measures and offers to persons detained in padded cells. Equally positive is an amendment to the specifications in the decree of January 2018 in connection with occupational opportunities for the detainees. The decree of May 2019 stipulates fitting all cells that are not used for preventive detention with one socket respectively per detention place and at least two more sockets, that is, in total three (instead of two) sockets. 152