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records and adequate medical resources, more regular checkups with specialist doctors and
psychological support to persons deprived of their liberty.
However, there is still a number of shortcomings with respect to the health care provided
in the institutions for enforcement of criminal sanctions: the institutions have insufficient
number of medical staff, both general practitioners and specialists, including medical
technicians; many institutions have no continuing presence of staff having medical qualifications, due to which the therapy is being administered by a non-medical staff; persons
with mental disorders are placed in regular prison regime that is inadequate for providing
medical care and psychological and social treatment; problems have been identified with
providing the required medications and medical aids; certain institutions do not provide
confidentiality of medical examinations and data about the health condition of persons
deprived of liberty; health care services of the institution are still the organizational units
of the institutions for enforcement of criminal sanctions instead of having the health care of
institutions provided by the Ministry of Health or as an interim solution, to have the health
care services within the institutions become a part of a unique organizational function in
the central office of the Administration.
Although the Ministry of Health generally provides no regular oversight of the work of health
services in institutions, during the reporting period, this Ministry conducted the professional
oversight over the work of the health care service in DP Smederevo, acting upon the NPM
recommendation. This case has shown the significance of such monitoring practise. Among
other, the compliance with the requirements for performing specific health care activities at
the Outpatient Center was determined, including for the work of the General Practitioner’s
office, and in order to improve its health care practise, the Institution signed the contracts
with the general hospital in Smederevo.
During the visit to DP Smederevo, it was established that the convicts being under special
regime of intensified surveillance, are placed in the dormitories used for regular accommodation and that other convicts who are not subjected to these measures are placed in the same
dormitories with them. In acting upon the NPM recommendation, the Department corrected
this irregularity.
After having received the NPM recommendations, the DP Subotica governor, issued orders
to the competent organizational units of the Institution, to rectify these shortcomings and
among other, to provide to the prisoners the professional legal assistance with the disciplinary procedure and adequately define the goals within the treatment program to enable the
foreigners deprived of their liberty to make telephone calls abroad.
NPM recommended to PCI Belgrade to enable the convicts to spend the available time during
the day outside the dormitories, in the common living room area, together with other convicts. The institution notified the NPM of the steps taken to provide funding for forming the
space for the living rooms and that they would immediately initiate the conversion of designation of certain large office areas that will be used for this purpose.
Despite the improvements regarding the work engagement of persons deprived of liberty
at the institutions for enforcement of criminal sanctions, there is still a large number of
them who do not work and are not involved in any other activities. This particularly applies
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