Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2012 Complaints made by prisoners in regard to food were unsurprisingly present also in 2012 (many in Ig Open Unit of Ljubljana Prison, for example), on the other hand, this time there were no longer any from Nova Gorica Unit of Koper Prison. In Radeče Correctional Facility it was proposed that the management should check whether minors were being served with a snack lunch/dinner in an appropriate manner since they claimed that they are not provided with plates, and the trays on which the dinner is served are allegedly dirty. Such complaints were received in Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison mainly by convicted persons who worked and therefore it was proposed that the institution should check whether they receive their snack in accordance with norms envisaged for them. In Ljubljana Prison dissatisfaction in this regard was expressed by detainees (stating that food is not tasty enough, in small quantities and that there is no knife served with the food, etc.). In regard to visits, a finding from Maribor Prison has to be particularly pointed out in that it is still crowded which is why it was proposed to arrange the room for visits as soon as possible in such a manner so as to ensure for appropriate privacy. In the case of Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison it has been emphasized that the institution should have been responsible for the smooth running of visits and not inconveniencing prisoners and their visitors – as a matter of fact, it had occurred that two visits of detainees taking place behind a glass wall could not have taken place since two others were already going on. The institution urged the detainees to coordinate timing with their visitors. It was also discovered in some visits that prisoners’ access to house rules or the daily agenda is doubtful. In Maribor Prison it was proposed that house rules and the daily agenda be provided and available for detainees in every accommodation room at all times, whilst in Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison it was desired to have the house rules regarding the serving of juvenile sentences and prison sentences as well as the house rules regarding detainees, translated into the languages of the citizens of former Yugoslavia and those other languages that are most frequently encountered there. In the same institution, on the other hand, the practice regarding the notification of relatives of convicted persons was complemented (an open day when relatives may obtain information on everything they wish to know at stands of the security department, education department, general department and public utility service): The practice was also recommended by PARS to be used by all other institutions. In Ljubljana Prison it was discovered that the house rules and daily agenda for detention and prison sentences were not harmonised with the ZIKS-1, which is why it was proposed that the institution’s internal legal documents should be immediately harmonised with applicable regulations since, after all, they are linked to the implementation of rights and obligations of persons in prison. At this point it is pertinent to point out an opinion by the Director General of PARS which was received in reply to our report on the visit to Maribor Prison; although the house rules and daily agenda is often intentionally torn up by individual detainees, it is the institution that it is responsible for ensuring this implementing regulation is available in each and every accommodation room. 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 23