who have information about the event that is the subject of the procedure, and also the hearing of the person and other persons is performed, for which a report is compiled accordingly, which, depending on the outcome, contains opinions, that is, a proposal to the director from the educator, the psychologist, the member of the prison police (as well as from the doctor in cases when a disciplinary sanction - solitary confinement is proposed), regarding the need and type of disciplinary punishment to be imposed. Those who serve a sentence of juvenile imprisonment, as well as those who are referred to an educational measure - referral to an educational-correctional facility, are given a copy of the decision on the imposed disciplinary measure. Although the decisions include a lesson on the possibility of taking legal action against such a decision, so far there has been no case for anyone to do so. From the conversation with the children who were pronounced disciplinary measures, it was stated that none of them intended to appeal the decision on the disciplinary action to the Directorate for Execution of Sanctions, primarily due to the lack of confidence that it could change the already established disciplinary sanction. From the inspection of the records for imposed disciplinary penalties, it was concluded that in 2019 a total of 8 disciplinary penalties were imposed, of which: 5 disciplinary penalties - solitary confinement lasting 10 days, 2 disciplinary penalties - solitary confinement lasting 5 days and one conditional postponement of the disciplinary sanction of solitary confinement for 5 days. From the register for imposed disciplinary penalties it can be concluded that the children who were sent to serve a disciplinary punishment - solitary confinement have already been pronounced such measures several times before. If we take into account the standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) which stipulate that solitary confinement as a disciplinary measure should be imposed only for a short time and under no circumstances more than 3 days, it is indisputable that the imposition and execution of disciplinary sanctions solitary confinement for a period of 5 and 10 days for children serving a juvenile imprisonment is contrary to the established standards. In this regard, the NPM recommended that when conducting disciplinary proceedings and imposing disciplinary sanctions, special attention be paid to the provisions of the Law on Execution of Sanctions, which provide that “It is not allowed to apply a special measure to maintain order and discipline – solitary confinement to children”. The recommendation contained in the Istanbul Statement on the use and effects of solitary confinement, which stipulates that solitary confinement should be strictly prohibited in cases involving children under 18 years of age, was also noted. During the inspection of the book on disciplinary penalties, the fact that in 2019 one and the same child was sent 3-4 times to serve a disciplinary sanction solitary confinement, in very short time intervals, is striking. Namely, due to causing “general danger and destruction of inventory with intent”, the child was first sent to serve a disciplinary punishment solitary confinement for 10 days in the period from 14 to 24.02.2019. After only 4 days, the child was again sent to serve a disciplinary punishment solitary confinement for 10 days in the period from 28.02.2019 to 08.03.2019, and due to attempted escape the same child was sent to solitary confinement for another 10 days also in the period from 23.03 .2019 until 02.04.2019. Due to self-harm, which by the way in the House Rules is not provided as a disciplinary violation, this child was again referred www. ombudsman.mk 147