Police detention centres The examination for fitting all cells at Eisenstadt police detention centre with TV connections and sockets is underway. The refurbishment plans for Salzburg and Graz police detention centres already include these fittings. The fitting of all cells at Villach police detention centre with sockets is due as part of the already planned refurbishment. Reports from the visits indicate that, contrary to the objective of the standards adopted by the working group, there is no nationwide occupational opportunities programme. Also the implementation of the structural standards regarding hygiene adopted by the working group varies greatly in the police detention centres. According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the common shower facilities at Eisenstadt, Villach, St. Pölten, Wels, Hernalser Gürtel and Roßauer Lände police detention centres thus have privacy or partition walls between the individual showers. With the exception of Bludenz police detention centre, the installation of such partitions in the shower facilities of the other police detention centres is already planned. At the same time, the complete structural separation of the toilet in cells for multiple inmates is also planned for Wels, Salzburg and Graz police detention centres. Different arrangement of showers and toilets Besides, the information from the Federal Ministry of the Interior indicated that there are different possibilities for storing personal belongings in the cells. For example, there are lockable lockers in the cells of Eisenstadt, Wels, Salzburg, Graz, Hernalser Gürtel and Roßauer Lände police detention centres. There are open shelves in Klagenfurt, small shelves in Bludenz, and small shelves with doors in St. Pölten police detention centres respectively. The Ministry promised to include the possibility of storing away personal belongings during the planned refurbishment in Villach and Wiener Neustadt police detention centres. Somewhere to store personal belongings in the cells The NPM will monitor the announced measures for improvement and other information during its visits. Only when the standards set forth in the decree of May 2019 are finally realised, has the Federal Ministry of the Interior implemented the recommendations. 156

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