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GENERAL RECOMMENDATION
FOR REMEDYING THE IDENTIFIED SHORTCOMING
It is necessary to improve current unfit capacities of detention units, i.e., align them with the
applicable legislation and standards.
The Administration for the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions shall undertake all measures
to enable female detainees to spend available time outside their cells, in the common rooms
with the other female inmates, who were not issued any prohibition of contact under the
court decision.
The Administration for the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions shall undertake necessary
activities in order to amend and supplement the Rulebook on the enforcement of detention
measure, which shall closely regulate the way detainees spend their available time outside
their cells during a day, in the common rooms with those who do not have any prohibition
of contact issued by court decision, and shall closely regulate ways to fulfil the rights of
detainees to be engaged in working activities and involved in the social and cultural
activities.
The Administration for the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions should enable all detainees
to be engaged in working activities and be involved in social and cultural activities.
It is necessary to undertake activities so as to ensure that female detainees, due to their
paucity in detention units, are not actually placed in solitary confinement, i.e., isolation.
Female detainees with severe disabilities who are in detention units should be provided
with conditions for adequate accommodation, treatment and rehabilitation.
6.3.
Enforcement of criminal sanctions
In the course of 2015, the NPM carried out visit to 10 institutions for the enforcement of
criminal sanctions. After all visits, the total of 9 reports were composed. The total of 80
recommendations were issued under the mentioned reports. Out of the total number of issued
recommendations, the competent authorities complied with 56 recommendations, the
compliance with 20 recommendations still need to be followed, and 4 recommendations are not
complied with.
In DP Leskovac, adaptations within the pavilion A were made, and they plan to construct a
new facility with the capacity to accommodate 200 persons deprived of liberty in the course of
2016. Likewise, the renovation and adaptation of the Juvenile PCI facilities in Valjevo, DP
Belgrade and Special Prison Hospital were made. The Administration for the Enforcement of
Criminal Sanctions composed the Plan for reconstruction of accommodation capacities for
persons deprived of liberty in all institutions forming part of the Administration’s system, and
its one part refers to the Plan for reconstruction of blocks for accommodation of persons
deprived of liberty within the DP Belgrade facility, in line with which the reconstruction of the
whole facilities, i.e., its accommodation blocks would be gradually made and finalized by 2019.
In line with the NPM recommendations, the PCI Sombor partitioned the semi-opened
department, thus enabling the convicts and misdemeanour offenders to be placed in separated
sections.
Despite the fact that in the course of the reporting period adaptations of some accommodation
capacities were made in line with the material and other living conditions stipulated under the
applicable standards, there are still a large number of ruined rooms in the institutions for the
enforcement of criminal sanctions.
A large number of persons serving their prison terms are still not engaged in working
activities. Number of staff engaged in the training and recruiting activities, i.e., instructors of
the Service for training and recruitment, do not respond to the needs of convicts and
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