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Information whether provision of professional assistance was approved to a person should be recorded
in a report disciplinary action, made during hearing of a convicted person against which the disciplinary
action is taken.
The Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo should keep a special records of complaints and
appeals, where information on the manner of handling of complaints, dates of passing of decisions and
instructions on legal remedies will be entered.
The Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo should without delay take measures to ensure better
coverage of the Institution with the video surveillance system. The Juvenile Correctional Institution in
Valjevo should place a visible notice that the room is under video surveillance.
The Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo should without delay take measures to equip rooms for
holding persons deprived of liberty with sound alarms to alert guards in case of incidents.
In the Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo, persons deprived of liberty who are subject to
enforcement measures should be brought to a physician for medical examination immediately after the
enforcement measure is applied and again between 12 and 24 hours after the enforcement measure is
applied. The Institute should keep records on medical examinations and should record the exact time
when examinations were performed.
In the Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo, it is necessary to carry out internal reorganization of the
Treatment Service, so that wardens and other employees in the Treatment Service are more intensively
included work with convicted persons in the Increased Supervision Unit, according to conditions and
evaluated needs. It is necessary to define more precisely the duties and tasks of wardens in work with
this category of convicted persons, particularly those sentenced to juvenile prison.
The Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo should prepare a practical information booklet for
convicted persons adjusted for specific features of the institution and procedures in work of certain
services of the Institution, primarily the Security Service and the Treatment Service. The information
booklet should also define clear tasks and procedures in the work of the expert team at reception.
The Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo should increase its use of correctional groups as an
organizational and methodological from of correctional work in the work with convicted persons. In
accordance with that, the Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo should dedicate more attention to
formation of correctional groups and comply with the criteria for their formation, particularly in case of
persons sentenced to juvenile prison.
Placement in the Increased Supervision Unit for security reasons should not necessarily be an obstacle
for change of the treatment program; instead, placement in the Increased Supervision Unit must be
one of the criteria for change of the treatment program and a reason for more intensive work with this
prison population. It is necessary to develop procedures for constant assessment of the course of the
treatment of convicted persons.
The Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo should, within its means and taking into account its
duties and needs of convicted persons, particularly those sentenced to juvenile prison, dedicate more
attention to activities on social support and assistance to convicted persons during and after their
imprisonment. Individual treatment programs must also include contents in the field of post-penal
social support and assistance. It is not enough to just call for cooperation and inform external actors on
the need of such cooperation, but such actions and specific contents should be initiated immediately
after convicted persons come to the Juvenile Correctional Institution.
The Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo should take measures to ensure all convicted persons,
regardless in which unit they are placed, can exercise their right to secondary education, according to
the passed treatment program, and should dedicate particular attention to persons with special needs
and persons with learning and cognitive disabilities. The Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo
should take necessary measures to ensure convicted persons can exercise their right to secondary
education free of charge.
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