Ombudsman through letter No. K-4 I 81-2, dated 19.01.2015. According to the data that had
been taken during this visit, information received through confidential interviews with persons
deprived of liberty, an conversations with the staff of the institution, it resulted that a
recommendation of this letter had been implemented and specifically the establishment of a
special sector for young people aged 18-21 years old. Meanwhile, some of the recommendations
from a year ago had been partially realized, but most of them had not been implemented.
Based on the order of the Minister of Justice no. 329, dated 15/01/2009, “On the categorization
of institutions for the execution of criminal decisions”, as amended, the Institution for the
Execution of Criminal Decisions Burrel is categorized as a “High security prison, with a
common security section and a pre-trial detention section. The current capacity of the institution
is for 198 persons.”
On the date of 28.09.2015, 202 persons were found at this institution. The division into sectors
was: 79 pre-trial detainees, 24 high security and 99 prisoners in the common security sector. At
the institution, 3 rooms were used as surveillance-seclusion premises, where, at the time of
inspection, there was no person found. Special categories at this institution involved 9 ill people,
of whom 6 people with mental health issues and 2 diabetics. During the meeting, we were
informed that the structure-organizational chart of the institution has a reduction of IECD
employees from 162 to 153.
At Burrel IECd there is a special sector for young people 18-21 years old.
Along the presentation meeting, the directors of sections accepted that in the material aspect, the
infrastructure of the institution is outdated and degraded, notwithstanding the efforts to repair it.
Possibilities are limited due to the lack of considerable funds to undertake such an initiative.
Only the kitchen of the IECD shall be reconstructed with a donation of Raiffeisen Bank. In
response, the monitoring group explained that the opinion of the Ombudsman’s Institution, also
expressed in the previous recommendations is that the General Directorate of Prisons should take
into consideration the preparation and approval of a project for the construction of a new
institution.
During the ongoing visits in this institution, this time is again noted the lack of toilet facilities in
high security rooms and showers within the sector, for which in the previous meeting it was
clarified that investments had been anticipated to be made in this sector. In addition, toilets and
showers are problematic in the detention sector at this Institution, which are dysfunctional and
out of all the parameters of hygiene. Frequent lack of running water further aggravated the
situation in these areas.
In general, the conditions of the buildings were not good and insufficient for social and cultural
activities. Absence of an efficient heating system was observed in them for the winter period and
adequate ventilation system. In addition, electrical and hydro-sanitary installations resulted
amortized.
The final meeting was held with the Director of the Burrel IECD, who was informed about some
of the main findings of monitoring, which would be part of the Ombudsman's recommendation.
As per above, in the end of the monitoring report, the following was recommended:
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