Figure 10: A cell in the women’s section of the airport detention facility There were no interpreters used. This meant that the NPM could not communicate effectively with many detainees and could not ask them to describe their experience in any meaningful way. Most discussions concerned the length of their detention, applying for asylum, their asylum cases and whether they were able to leave their cells. The NPM did not ask the detainees about instances of torture or ill treatment. Police officers were 140