Arresting Unit and leaves it in an ordinary keyless drawer. Upon the handover, there is no record or any other signed document; • If the convicted person is hospitalized and stays in one of the clinics, officials are organized to guard him/her and in such cases methadone therapy is given to these officials and they are expected to provide methadone therapy to the treated convict; • When receiving methadone therapy, the treated convict does not sign that he/ she has received it. Based on the situation, the NPM team recommended that the rules regarding the distribution of “Methadone” be fully complied with, which, among other things, provide: • The transport of the methadone therapy from the Idrizovo Penitentiary to the Arresting Unit is to be organized in a secure mobile locked safe. • According to the legal regulations, the only authorized persons to handle methadone therapy (preparation, storage and distribution) are the medical persons. • Provision of documentation for the handover of methadone therapy. • Ensuring the storage of methadone therapy in the Arresting Unit in accordance with the legal regulations (locked safe) or to ensure safe storage of methadone therapy in the health facilities of one of the clinics, according to a previous agreement. • Ensuring the delivery of methadone therapy to the treated convict by a medical professional and the signing of the appropriate medical documentation. 3.4.4. Transport of sick convicts and use of coercive means During the visit, an inspection was made of the transport vehicles of the Idrizovo Penitentiary, in which the convicts are being escorted to the Arresting Unit. In this regards, the NPM team noted the terrible condition of vehicles transporting sick convicts, which could jeopardize the health and lives of convicts and they do not correspond to the purpose for which they are used, that is, transport of sick people. Namely, the vehicles are old and almost obsolete, they have not installed ventilation, heating, as well as other safety and protective measures for transport of convicts who need medical care outside the prison institution. In one of the vehicles, in the part where the sick people are transported, and which was in a terrible material condition, blood puddles were found. Regarding the use of coercive means in the transportation of sick convicts, the National Preventive Mechanism recommended that regardless of the punishment and treat- www. ombudsman.mk 137