22 5. Fulfilment of the NPM mandate in the course of 2015 5.1. Visits to the institutions where persons are deprived of their liberty In the course of 2015, the NPM team conducted the total of 117 visits to the institutions where persons are deprived of their liberty. The total of 40 visits to the police administrations and police stations were performed, with 11 reports composed and 129 recommendations issued. Out of the stated number of visits, three visits were follow-up visits to monitor the compliance with the issued recommendations (PA Bor, PA Zaječar and PA Niš). The total of 10 Facilities for the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions were visited and the total of 80 recommendations to rectify the observed deficiencies were issued through the reports on visits. In the course of 2015, Juvenile Detention Centre in Valjevo, DP Kraljevo and DP Novi Sad were also visited with the view to follow the compliance with the already issued recommendations. The NPM conducted visits to two specialized psychiatric hospitals (“Dr. Laza Lazarević” and “Gornja Toponica”), as well as to the two centres for mental health (in Kikinda and Vršac). Two regular visits were also performed to the social protection institutions of the home character (Home for Elder Persons “Tešice” and Centre for Asylum in Zemun), and 20 recommendations for rectification of the observed deficiencies were issued, and one visit to follow the implementation of the previously issued recommendations (Home “Veternik”). With the support of UNHCR and in cooperation with the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, the NPM conducted 59 visits to the institutions in charge of treatment of asylum seekers and refugees / migrants. The total of 30 reports on these visits were composed and 36 recommendations for rectification of the observed deficiencies were issued. In the course of 2015, the NPM conducted seven thematic visits in order to examine the allegations on torture. Four visits were conducted to the institutions (CI Niš, CI Požarevac – Zablea, DP Leskovac and Detention Unit in the DO Belgrade) and three visits to the headquarters of the police administrations (PA Niš, PA Leskovac and PA Požarevac). These visits were unannounced and were conducted in the evening hours. The total of 210 persons deprived of their liberty were interviewed with no presence of the law enforcement representatives, and no one mentioned any allegation on torture. The NPM paid special attention to monitor the compliance with the recommendation of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, sent through the previous reports issued on the visits to the Republic of Serbia. Out of the total number of the mentioned visits, four were conducted in order to follow the recommendations previously issued by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture to the Republic of Serbia, and specifically visits to the Special Prison Hospital, Penal Correctional Institution for Psychiatric Diseases “Gornja Toponica”.66 66 For more information, please see ANNEX II