service is carried out in accordance with the legal requirements. Security activities in the prison are conducted based on orders and approved schedules. b) Medical assistance The material base of the MC is in good condition. There is also one in-patient room in it. The sanitary and hygiene conditions for inmates in it are good. At the time of the inspection in 2019 there were 4 inmates permanently placed in it, with chronic debilitating diseases. There is a separate dentistry room in the MC. The prison administration has purchased a dental chair and a set of dental instruments are to be purchased to make the dental room operational. A doctor in dental medicine will be provided one day a week. The NPM considers the opening of a dentistry room in the prison is due to the good work of the administration. At present, dental care for inmates is provided in a mobile dental office of MC “St. Pantaleymon” in the city of Pleven, which comes once a week. Medical care is provided by: a general practitioner twice a week, two medical auxiliaries and a nurse. Under a contract, a psychiatrist comes to the prison twice a month. There is good collaboration with Urgency Care Medical Centre in the town of Belene. Inmates are promptly transported to the University Multi-Profile Hospital for Active Treatment in the city of Pleven. The MC is equipped with medicines and consumables. Chronically ill with medical books receive medicines in accordance with the NHIF procedure. The general practitioner has unlimited medical referrals for medical specialists and access to external medical establishments depends only the capacity for escort. 6. G.M. Dimitrov Blvd. and Major Vekilski Str. Detention Facilities The two detention facilities are within the structure of the Sofia Regional Office for Execution of Punishments. The last inspection of the detention facility on G.M. Dimitrov Blvd. was conducted in 2017. There is a noticeable progress in regard to the unlawful use of handcuffs in the area of the detention facility when detainees are brought out from their bedrooms. The information about the capacity of the detention facility on G.M. Dimitrov Blvd. is about 313 persons, with 4 beds per room, but the GDEP register shows 249 persons with complied space of 4 sq.m. per person. On the day of the inspection in 2019, 264 persons were placed there, and at the end of June they numbered 289. During previous inspections the NPM found that this detention facility was overcrowded and predicted that the trend would sustain, which is confirmed. There were 87 detainees in the detention facility on Major Vekilski Str. while its capacity is for 80 detainees. Relocation from one detention facility to another is possible only with the authorisation of a prosecutor due to the fact that this detention facility has the status of a specialised detention facility. Obviously, the transfer of the facility to the structure of the Regional Execution of Punishments Service cannot address the problem with its overcrowdedness. The detention facility on G.M. Dimitrov Blvd. is not only overcrowded but it has weak daylight because of the obscured windows. A previous NPM recommendation for opening a shop in the area of the detention facility on G.M. Dimitrov Blvd. was not implemented, and the overseeing staff members are tasked with inappropriate functions to buy and account for foodstuff purchases and supplies, are set out in item 13 of the job description of a junior guard instructor. The condition of the building stock of the detention facility on Major Vekilski Str. has deteriorated, particularly the sewerage pipes. 23