Report on the Performance of Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2015 everyday meetings of all involved state bodies and the CRC, under the leadership of the NPR, and meetings of the coordinating committee with the associations, in the beginning under the leadership of the CRC, later the Ministry of Interior. More than 60 organizations, volunteers and individuals gathered in the Initiative for Support to Refugees entitled “Welcome” with the aim of providing support in the field, but also creating and applying political pressure on the institutions of the Republic of Croatia and the EU to bring changes to the restrictive migration policies. They provided humanitarian assistance, coordinated local organizations, informed refugees about The inhabitants of Bapska, the procedures of entry to and exit from Croatia on a daily Tovarnik, Harmica and other basis, and they acted in co-ordination with the CRC, localities showed particular Coordinating Committee for Asylum and the competent sensitivity and solidarity when institutions. They published a website welcome.cms.hr they self-organized to provide with updates and useful information for refugees, such as humanitarian and medical timetables or dictionaries. Numerous volunteers and assistance that was needed. groups of citizens were engaged deeply in the initiative “Are you Syrious” that collected and provided humanitarian assistance at all locations where refugees were located. The inhabitants of Bapska, Tovarnik, Harmica and other localities showed particular sensitivity and solidarity when they organized themselves to provide necessary humanitarian and medical assistance. The speed, openness and organization shown by the local population in approaching refugees helped to spread the wave of solidarity in the public at large and they represent an excellent example of the activity of members of our society in the protection of human rights as well as in reacting to events without any prejudice. III. CONCLUSION Although 2015 saw a continuation of positive trends when it comes to the respect for the rights of persons deprived of their liberty, primarily in terms of reduction of overcrowding in the prison system, we are still witnessing violations of their constitutional and legal rights. They are primarily caused by failures to comply with the standards and by a flawed normative framework, in which context a lack of human and financial resources also represents an obstacle. The most common reason for prisoners’ complaints was the quality and availability of healthcare, which, instead of being a part of the public healthcare system, is organized under the competence of the Ministry of Justice. Prisoners also complained about the accommodation conditions, inadequate efficiency of legal protection, as well as of the treatment by judicial police officers, which is often not the subject of prompt, objective and independent investigation by the prison system. Another significant flaw is inconsistent treatment in the implementation of the special measures for the maintenance of order and security, which puts prisoners in unequal position. To a great extent the conditions of their 51