32 5. Fulfilment of the NPM mandate in the cours of 2016 5.1. Visits to the institutions where persons are deprived of their liberty In 2016, NPM made 92 visits to the institutions where are placed the persons deprived of their liberty. Overall 33 visits were made to police administrations and police stations operating under the administrations (PA Kruševac and five police stations operating under them; PA Požarevac and seven police stations operating under them; PA Subotica; PA Niš and six police stations operating under them; PA Leskovac and five police stations operating under them; PA Pirot; PA Novi Pazar and two police stations operating under them and PS Vršac). In addition to regular visits, there were five visits made for the purpose of observing the actions taken upon previous recommendations (PA Pirot, PS Vršac and PA Novi Pazar and their stations). The Reports on these visits of competent authorities sent overall 88 recommendations. NPM visited 9 institutions for enforcement of criminal sanctions (the District Prison in Subotica; The Penal and Correctional Institution in Niš; Penal and Correctional Institution in Belgrade; Penal and Correctional Institution in Padinska Skela; District Prison in Smederevo, District Prison in Pančevo –Vršac Department, District Prison in Vranje, District Prison in Leskovac and the Penal and Correctional Institution in Sombor) and addressed 104 recommendations for eliminating of identified deficiencies. Out of the total number of visits, two were made for the purpose of monitoring of actions taken upon previous addressed recommendations (follow-up visits) – visits to District Prison in Leskovac and Penal and Correctional Institution in Niš, four were thematic – visits to District Prison in Vranje and to the Penal and Correctional Institution in Belgrade, Padinska Skela and Sombor, while the remaining three were made within the regular systemic visits to District Prison in Subotica, District Prison in Pančevo – Vršac Department and District Prison in Smederevo. NPM visited 7 institutions of social welfare of homes (Home for Children and Youth with Disabilities “Veternik“; Home for adult persons Kulina; Gerontology Centre in Novi Sad; Home for elderly persons Veliki Popovac; Home for the Blind “Zbrinjavanje“ Home for persons with mental disabilities “Otthon“; Gerontology Center in Vršac67) and included 44 recommendations in their report. Only one visit was aimed at monitoring the actions taken upon previous recommendations, in the Home “Veternik“. Additional visits were made to special psychiatric hospitals (Special Hospital in Vršac and Special Hospital for Psychiatric Diseases in Kovin) including 1 visit to the Psychiatric department of the General Hospital in Subotica, that were addressed 8 recommendations on that occasion. Another 2 visits were carried out to special psychiatric hospitals (Special Hospital for Psychiatric diseases in Vršac and 2 visits to special psychiatric hospitals were made (Special Hos67 Considering that the visit to the Gerontology Center in Vršac was carried out at the end of the year, Report on visit with recommendations was sent at the beginning of 2017, and therefore the referenced recommendations are not listed in this Report.