However, the NPM reports that they had not been receiving any replies of information on whether and what activities are underway or planned to upgrade forensic psychiatry in Slovenia. Other issues regarding the Forensic Psychiatry Unit the NPM has been reporting on: • Overcrowding - This is a systemic issue that has remained unresolved for many years and the NPM has been warning about it ever since the opening of the unit.110 • Insufficient number of judicial police officers in the Unit, which has a significant impact on the safety of patients and staff, and also prevents patients from staying outdoors sufficiently. The need to carry out security checks on newly admitted patients would make it essential to recruit at least one female judicial police officer.111 • Implementation of special protective measures - Often, the premises used for physical restraint are inadequate, as they do not provide sufficient privacy for the restrained patient, and, due to staffing constraints, there is not always a guarantee of constant (continuous) supervision of the restrained patient.112 Unfortunately, in our research, we did not have the opportunity to collect first-hand experiences of people undergoing security measures in the forensic unit, but the interviewed lawyer pointed out that persons feel a lot of pressure, as any non-compliant behaviour results in stronger medication; and that people do not have the option to refuse medication - refusing it will only result in stronger medication.113 It is worth mentioning that in the past, Slovenia has had on open forensic unit Department of Forensic and Social Psychiatry (DFSP) of the University Psychiatric Hospital in Ljubljana, Slovenia, which was an open institution organized as a therapeutic community and has had a psychotherapeutic and rehabilitative orientation. It offered treatment for „psychotic offenders, prisoners, and people with socially accentuated 110 Varuh človekovih pravic (2022), Letno poročilo Državnega preventivnega mehanizma za leto 2021, Ljubljana, Varuh človekovih pravic, p. 45. 111 Varuh človekovih pravic (2022), Letno poročilo Državnega preventivnega mehanizma za leto 2021, Ljubljana, Varuh človekovih pravic, p. 22. 112 Ibid. 113 Interview with a lawyer. 39