► Compared to 2016-2017, a significant increase was seen in 2018 in the number of visits to three detention places: preventive detention and arrest centres, centres for elderly persons and children centres. Therefore, a total number of 13 visits was undertaken in 2018 to preventive detention and arrest centres in the entire county, compared to 11 visits in year 2017 and 9 visits in 2016. As for the persons in centres for elderly persons, the field regarding prevention of torture visited 14 centres of the entire country in 2018, compared to 8 centres in 2017 or 13 centres in 2016. Visit teams of the field regarding prevention of torture in detention places performed visits to 16 centres for children, compared to 14 visits in 2016. ► Furthermore, 40 investigations were performed for petitions prior to the issue of the Order of the People’s Advocate Institution no. 8 of February 14, 2018 on the observance of the provisions of the Optional Protocol (OPCAT) regarding the preventive mandate of the Field regarding prevention of torture in detention places, and 4 investigations performed in cooperation with experts/counsellors of the Field Army, Justice, Police, Penitentiaries), as follows: the Bucharest local centre - 19 investigations: the Bucharest-Rahova Penitentiary (4); the Bucharest Rahova Hospital Penitentiary; the Slobozia Penitentiary (2); the Tulcea Penitentiary (2); the Targsor Penitentiary; the Bucharest23