Ministry of Justice and CD ES related to the correction facilities; lack of measures undertaken by the penitentiary administration to resolve issues within its competency, which do not require approval at a higher level authority. Drastic example of the failure of the responsible state institutions to act is lack of measures for the implementation of the government programmes passed by the Council of Ministers. The lack of or the limited information provided to the prisoners with respect to the living space, medical services, work and conditions for change in the regime of execution of their sentences, they are entitled to, are also part of the alarming trends noticed during the NPM inspections. The problem with the awareness regarding a change in the regime, transfer to boarding house and CER is a common problem throughout the whole CF system. Significant tension is created in the micro environment in the correction facilities with respect to the unjustified overruling of requests for subsequent redistribution of the prisoners. The refusals for transfer are not provided to the prisoners and the latter are informed about the decisions verbally against signature. This practice makes the appeal against these decisions and the use of legal defence extremely difficult. The negative finding from the 2012 NPM inspections is still in place that the decisions for transfer, change of the regime and CER of the Committees under art. 73 of LESDA are not supported with the risk assessments required. The lack of will in the state to resolve many of the problems in the prisons and in the prison boarding houses is proven with the continuing persistence of the authorities against compliance with Recommendation (2006)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Prison Rules, according to which: „the conditions in the prisons which violated the human rights of the prisoners may not be justified with the lack of resources“. The conditions in almost all CF in Bulgaria continue to be degrading and inhuman. There is not enough living space and access to daylight, medical services provided do not meet the recognised and established standards, hygiene is poor, no signalling and CCTV systems appropriate for such facilities are put in place yet. In addition to the issues related to the correction facilities themselves and the people placed there, people employed in the penitentiary system are faced with significant problems as well. There is severe deficit of warders and psychologist inspectors, as well as social inspectors. The adequate revision of all full-time staff positions related to the prisons and boarding houses thereto is of critical importance. Increasing the number of staff is important both for the respect to the rights of the prisoners, and to the good work with them, which reflects the subsequent re-socialisation in the society and has preventive effect against repeated offences. Inspection related to a signal as to violence in the prison in Sofia In relation to signal regarding illegal violence to foreigners in the prison in Sofia on 17 October 2013 members of the team of the National Preventive Mechanism carried out an inspection on site in the prison on 23 October 2013. Discussion with the warden of the prison was held, as well as with the prisoners G.P., K. R., S. E., F. S. A and the other prisoners in cell 17 and prisoners from the neighbouring cell 16 were also interviewed. The correspondence on the case was requested and presented. It contains information regarding the accident to CD ES and Sofia City Prosecutor's Office, 58