centre at Pejë/Peć will be withdrawn from service as soon as possible. Further, the authorities indicate that it is their intention to remedy the shortcomings observed at the High Security Prison by the end of 2016. As during the previous visits, the delegation gained a generally favourable impression of the regime offered to female and juvenile prisoners (both sentenced and on remand) at Lipjan/Lipljan Correctional Centre. Further, improvements were observed regarding the regime offered to sentenced prisoners in the other prisons visited. However, it is a matter of serious concern that, at Dubrava Prison and the High Security Prison, as well as in the other detention centres visited, the regime for remand prisoners remained generally poor. As in 2010, apart from outdoor exercise (for two to three hours per day), most remand prisoners still remained locked in their cells for most of the day, with very little to do besides watching TV, reading and playing board games. In their response, the authorities express their intention to expand out-of-cell activities for remand and sentenced prisoners in the context of a “Strategic Plan 2016-2020”. Overall, the CPT observed a number of improvements regarding the health care provided to prisoners since the 2010 visit. In addition, the budget for prison health care has been significantly increased in recent years. Notwithstanding that, Dubrava Prison and Pejë/Peć Detention Centre were apparently frequently faced with disruptions to the supply of medication. Further, the CPT expresses its serious concern about the inadequate psychiatric care provided to patients suffering from severe mental disorders in the hospital unit at Dubrava Prison. In their response, the authorities indicate that steps have been taken by the Prison Health Department to ensure the timely supply of medication in all prisons. Further, at Dubrava Prison, a full-time psychologist has been employed and the presence of psychiatrists has been increased. 51. Conditions at the Forensic Psychiatric Institute at Pristina University Hospital, which was opened in August 2014, were very good in all respects, and staffing levels were adequate. Resort to means of restraint (seclusion and mechanical restraint) was very rare. That said, it is a matter of grave concern that, at the Psychiatric Clinic at Pristina University Hospital, the relevant legislation governing the involuntary placement of civil patients in a psychiatric hospital has never been implemented in practice. Thus, the patients concerned were deprived of important safeguards (for instance, to have courts involved in the procedure). The CPT calls upon the relevant authorities to put an end to this unacceptable state of affairs. Report and response published in September 2016 (CPT/Inf(2016)23 and (CPT/Inf(2016)24) General Report of the CPT, 2016 ► Page 28

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