lines as only individual sections of expert treatment during the implementation of the measure are provided in the files. The educational programme was last updated in 2009, and the need for modernisation arose within the past ten years due to changes in the legislation and the structure of minors in Radeče Juvenile Correctional Facility. To this end, the facility began drafting changes to the educational programme at the end of 2018, whereby the working group of experts (representatives of the education and safety departments) observed modern educational principles with an emphasis on learning responsibility and independence of minors. The Head Office of the Prison Administration of the Republic of Slovenia also stated that the management of Radeče Juvenile Correctional Facility would present the draft educational programme in autumn 2019.The minors explained that they have regular daily interviews with teachers. It was impossible to deduce from the minors’ files how their best interest is observed in their personal plans and how their needs, capabilities, rights and skills are recognised. The NPM advised that the employees be trained accordingly and gain access to literature that would enhance their professional competence, and to enable the minors to access high-quality services that promote the best results for them. 2.6 VISIT TO JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY In this regard, the Head Office of the Prison Administration of the Republic of Slovenia replied that the entire system promotes the training of staff and enhancement of their professional competence necessary for working with minors. The Head Office emphasised that requests from individuals must be encouraged as well. New forms of aberrant behaviour and combined disorders are constantly emerging for which specialist treatment is required as highlighted by the staff. Radeče Juvenile Correctional Facility initiated a proposal to implement Strength Deployment Inventory – SDI (a tool for personal development and efficient group work), which would be included in the education plan for 2020. When examining documentation or personal files, it was not possible to deduce the protocols and guidelines which would ensure suitable treatment of minors with whom increased risk for exposure to violence and discrimination due to personal circumstances was detected. The NPM thus recommended that a response system and protocols be introduced that would enable minors from ethnic and other minorities and cultural environments with different religious practices to express themselves without the fear of possible consequences. Radeče Juvenile Correctional Facility responded that minors of different beliefs are enabled to preserve their customs and habits. Individuals are enabled discretion and freedom of expression. The expert group observes minors’ wishes relating to special diets, which is also entered in their personal plan. The discussion of ethnic and other minorities is to be included in the content of the educational programme. 62 THE REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA ON IMPLEMENTING THE TASKS OF THE NPM