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He visited 23 police stations, 5 regional border police centres, 5 camps for asylum-seekers, 5 penal
institutions, 2 juvenile correctional facilities and the Shelter for Foreigners in Padinska Skela.
In 2014, an unannounced night visit was made to the police administration Kruševac. The Plan
of Visits for 2015 includes mostly unannounced visits.
Breakdown of implementation of the Plan of Visits for 2014:
Visits
planned in
2014
Visits made
in 2014
Police stations
37
48
Prisons (including detention units)
7
8
Psychiatric hospitals
5
2
Social welfare homes
3
/
7
5
1
3
Regional border police centres
5
5
Camps for asylum-seekers
5
5
Shelters
1
1
Facilities for the placement of underage foreign
nationals
2
2
73
79
VISITS
Care homes for elderly and pensioners
/ gerontology centres
Monitoring procedures in case of persons
repatriated in the readmission
TOTAL
5.2. Cooperation between public authorities and NPM during visits
In 2014, the NPM has been given free access to all places of detention, allowed to interview all
persons deprived of liberty and employees found on site and given access to the full
documentation.
During the NPM’s visits to places of detention in 2014, the competent authorities and facilities
acted in compliance with Article 20 of the Optional Protocol.
5.3.
Reports of visits to places of detention
In the course of 2014, the NPM prepared 43 reports of visits to places of detention. Of those
reports, 13 were reports with recommendations from scheduled visits, while 30 were reports
from thematic visits.
The reports of the visits and the observed situation were drawn up by visit team members,
including representatives of the Protector of Citizens, of the Provincial Ombudsman of the
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the involved associations, as well as the experts
engaged for this purpose.
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