Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2012 The NPM also tried to draw attention to issues and possibilities for improvements in the field of job classification in individual institutions; the remark about the fact that not all classified posts are occupied was made in the case of Maribor Prison, Koper Prison, Radeče Correctional Facility and Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison. In the last mentioned case, four judicial police officers actually work in the Maribor Forensics Unit – while also having the situation that no prisoner was transferred there up until then, as a result this institution was struggled when starting with its operation. In Maribor Prison it was also proposed that in spite of an unsuccessful proposed classification of the job post of a psychologist, PARS should relieve the current psychologist as far as possible of administrative tasks which may be carried out by another institute’s employee since then a therapist responsible for dependency treatment was also overloaded with paperwork. In regard to Dob pri Mirni Prison, a proposal was made to PARS to examine the adequacy of the appropriate job classification for judicial police officers since also in two new facilities, owing to the functioning of judicial police officers, the safety department was again overburdened with work. An expectation was expressed in Radeče Correctional Facility that a substitute would be found for an educationalist, who is absent due to maternity leave. And in Ljubljana Prison, the evaluation of the possibility for employing an additional cook was proposed. Some complaints against judicial police officers were received, and numerous compliments for their work were received on the other hand. Young offenders in Radeče Correctional Facility in particular, complained about disrespectful, dictatorial, insulting or humiliating treatment by judicial officers. In Celje Prison and Juvenile Centre it was proposed that reasons for complaints made by convicted persons against two specifically named judicial police officers be checked since they were exceptions and mentioned several times whereas, normally, compliments had been made about these personnel. In Dob pri Mirni Prison, when inspecting one of the rooms, it was clear to see that judicial police officers, when inspecting the room, had put some personal belongings of a convicted person (clothes and similar) straight onto the floor. In Maribor Prison it was discovered that the escort of prisoners had been cancelled several times due to the lack of timely coordination of all necessary requirements and considering the number of available judicial police officers. In regard to Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison it was proposed that PARS should point out to Celje Court the need to issue decisions with suitable notice to bring prisoners to the court, since the institute’s director stressed that such decisions are served immediately before the hearing and as a result the institution is only able to proceed with productions of prisoners to the court only because of the current swift organisation of the security department. Complaints made by prisoners in relation to the education service were relatively frequent. In Maribor Prison it was thus proposed to the prison management that the supervision over the treatment of the education service’s employees of convicted persons should be increased (there had been no reaction to the “complaint forms” and problems exposed by them). An expectation was expressed in relation to Ljubljana Prison that the management would hold a discussion with prisoners and discover reasons behind complaints made by convicted persons in relation to the education service, and a proposal was submitted for Dob pri Mirni Prison that special expert groups should also be formed for two new departments. It also needs to be mentioned that, in the case of this institution, the measure taken by the Director General of PARS to reinstate a register of interviews made by the institute’s director with convicted persons would be welcomed, particularly since very many people again claimed that the institute’s director did not visit them at all. It is especially necessary to point out that, in Radeče Correctional Facility, it was proposed that the work of educationalists had to be presented in a manner suitable to young people since many complaints by minors were received that these employees perform their work only for a short period of time. National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 25