INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA confirmed the diagnosis and therapy prescribed by Foča Prison doctor. The complainant is included in the list of inmates with diabetes which is updated regularly and given to the kitchen staff so they prepare adequate food for them including necessary additives and whole grain bread. The Foča Prison management and relevant medical documents indicate that the prisoner is changing his insuline doses on his own and is not taking adequate food which complicates his disease. Ombudspersons keep following up this case. Example: A complainant 266 who serves his sentence in Foča Prison complained of the quality of health care provided claiming that he got asthma and bronchitis in the prison, as well as skin diseases due to humidity. Ombudspersons asked the prison management to reply to these allegations, which they did 267. Based on their reply, as well as the medical documentation provided, Ombudspersons stated that the prisoner was and still is provided with adequate health care, in accordance with the regulations, which is clearly seen from the health report. Respiratory health problems also existed at the time the prisoner started serving his sentence. In this regard, he was examined by a specialist pulmonologist, and he was recommended appropriate therapy, which the prisoner refused to use. Also, the prisoners had a skin infection caused by the use of inadequate razor hygiene equipment and it has nothing to do with humidity. Ombudspersons in this case could not find violations of the right to health care, but it was noted that this is one of the ways in which the convict seeks transfer to another penitentiary institution. 7.3.2. Accommodation conditions and prison staff Persons deprived of liberty are entitled to adequate accommodation according to standards set out in European Prison Rules 268. In this respect Ombudspersons can state that overcrowdedness which was a challenge in all previous years is now almost completely resolved. Existing accommodation capacities in the prisons located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 269 meet the needs for accommodation of detainees and prisoners. In 2018 and 2019 there were certain difficulties in the functioning of the detention unit of the Sarajevo Prison due to overcrowding, because the detention capacity was planned for 88 people, and the actual number was up to 130 detainees. In order to resolve the difficulties and relieve the detention facilities of the Sarajevo Prison, the Federal Ministry of Justice has expanded the detention facilities at the Zenica Prison by 70 places, in order to relieve the detention facilities of the Sarajevo Prison. At the same time, the capacity of the detention unit of the Sarajevo semi-open Prison has been expanded to 132 places. This Ministry, after the adoption of a new Rulebook on the criteria for sending persons to serve a prison sentence 270 enabled the courts pronouncing prison sentences to be served in Busovača Prison 271, which are mostly the courts from Zenica-Doboj and Central Bosnia Cantons, to directly refer convicted persons to other prisons if the capacity of semi-open Busovača Prison is filled. Based on the data provided in a letter of the Federal Ministry of Ž-SA-07-906/19 A letter no. 03-3244/19 of 30 August 2019 268 European Prison Rules, Part II Allocation and accommodation 18.1. 269 Capacity of penitentiary institutions located in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as at 20 November 2019 was 1,982 places, while the total number of prisoners was 1,830 (1,476 convicted persons and 354 detainees) 270 Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina" no. 33/2018. 271 According to the data obtained from municipal courts from the territory of Zenica-Doboj Canton and Central Bosnia Canton as of 31 December 2018 a total of 20 convicting persons was waiting to be allocated to serve the sentence 266 267 68

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