Burrel, the right to reduce the sentence time for the related work/labour was not
recognized, because of a final judicial decision given by Mat district court followed by a
written practice between the General Prosecutor’s Office and the Local Prosecutor’s
Office of Mat.
In most IECD institutions, infrastructure had problems of amortization, humidity,
uninterrupted supply of electricity and water, providing full natural lighting and
ventilation of cells, the presence of insects, out of standard conditions of toilets, kitchens,
showers, ventilation, isolation/detention rooms, etc. IECD institutions of emergency
infrastructure problems are IECD of Zahari Kruja, Lushnja, Rrogozhina, Burrel, Saranda,
Lezha, Tepelena, "Mine Peza", and the Special Health Institution of Prisons. Also,
facilities for meetings with family members or minors were unsuitable. The exceptions
are the new IECD institutions and the renovated ones.
Common facilities for the development of rehabilitation activities do not exist in some of
the IECD institutions as a result of changing the education facilities or practicing
religious activities or sports activities in living rooms, or lack of funds to furnish them
with teaching materials. Also, small surface areas for external ventilation limited the
types of sport to be played in them. Therefore, almost all IECD institutions are suffering
from formal records of psycho-social files, in terms of individual or group activities,
which fictitiously resulted as realized, when they are not really performed.
Health care facilities in prisons, except IEVP Vlora, Berat, Fier, Durrës, Elbasan, were
generally unsuitable for visits or medical manipulations, and without any appropriate
auxiliary materials.
The delay in providing convicts/ detainees with health insurance cards, in most IECD
institutions, was consequently leading to failure of implementation of the reimbursement
scheme when supplying them with medicines or providing medical treatment.
Difficulties in arrangement of consultations, examinations and laboratory tests and
specific surgical interventions, were still present in some IECD institutions, for reasons
related to the lack of full-time doctors in organization structure, or lack of ambulances, or
the resistance of regional hospitals to treat these individuals due to lack of security in
their premises, etc.
Problems of providing dental services in the IECD institutions, as a result of shortages in
equipment and materials. Dental services, except teeth extractions were carried out with
difficulty in public Polyclinics (Medical Centers) or in private clinics at the expense of
the prisoners themselves.
Central heating systems, in almost all IECD institutions where they were existent, were
not working due to technical failures or lack of fuel. In most cases, the convicts /
detainees used blankets and heavy sleeping clothes to keep them warm.
Shortages of supply with basic personal hygiene products (toothpaste, toothbrush,
shampoo, etc.) and with other detergents needed to clean the cells, as well as shortages in
uniforms and gloves for distribution of food was observed in most of IECD institutions.
Due to shortages of supply with cupboard and lockers for clothes, convicts/ detainees
kept their clothes in plastic bags or sacks, mainly under the beds. This problem was
mostly present in IECD of Lezha, Tepelena, Korça, Durrës, "Jordan Misja", "Mine Peza",
Saranda, Kukës and Tropoja.
A problem encountered in all inspected institutions, was the presence of the high prices
of products in IECD shops.
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