Tepelena IECD – On 05.10.2015 The monitoring visit of the personnel of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture attached to this institution was conducted in a very good spirit of cooperation. The initial meeting took place, in accordance with the methodology, with the Director of the Institution, who was informed of the visit purpose and was required an overview of the situation of the institution. He enabled to the experts the implementation of external and internal inspection within the Institution, in compliance with rules and smoothly, of all persons, premises and facilities to be monitored. By virtue of order no. 329, dated 15/01/2009, “On classification of institutions for the execution of criminal decisions”, as amended, IECD of Tepelena is categorized as a maximum security prison with a wing of ordinary security and a wing of pre-trial detention. Further, the maximum capacity of this IECD is 70 persons, while on the day of visit, IECD of Tepelena housed 108 pre-trial detainees (two of whom were brought for treatment at the Special Medical Penitentiary Institution, whereas one person was under intensive care unit at the University Hospital Center of Tirana) and 24 convicted. A total number of 10 persons aged 1821 years old were treated at that institution. Based on the information collected onsite through interviews in private without witnesses with the pre-trial detainees and the institution personnel, and through the identification of documents, facilities, equipment and premises, it resulted that although some efforts had been made to comply with the recommendations, e.g. increase of the number of security cameras or installation of a limiter outside the shower compartment, most of the recommendations made in the above cited letter were still not implemented. As above, the following was recommended:  Closure of Tepelena IECD because it does not provide any conditions for the worthy treatment of pre-trial detainees/inmates in accordance with the relevant standards. The current infrastructure prevents guaranteeing the rights of persons treated at this institution, therefore they should be immediately transferred to other institutions enabling the rehabilitation process through the delivery of adequate services. Adequate measures should be taken until the implementation of this recommendation on: 1. Completion of the organizational structure of the health sector with a full-time physician/doctor to enable regular visits, as well as the supply of all convicts/pre-trial detainees with medical cards/files, with a view of implementing the medicine reimbursement scheme, so that the supply with medicaments both for acute and chronic diseases is done under this scheme. Saranda IECD – On 06.10.2015 The monitoring periodic visit of experts of the People’s Advocate at the IECD of Saranda for year 2015 was conducted in accordance with the monitoring procedure of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture. The purpose of the visit was to collect information about the rights, conditions and treatment of pre-trial detainees within the institution, as well as 41