3.2 OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE NPM IN 2019 3.2 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM) – OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE NPM IN 2019 78 11 January 2019 At the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (MDDSZ), Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and the Ombudsman’s adviser, mag. Jure Markič, attended the 9th session of the working group regarding the establishment of a special unit for treating persons with profound mental disorders. 15 January 2019 Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and the Ombudsman’s adviser, Robert Gačnik, spoke to a reporter from Val 202 radio station about the situation in Slovenian prisons. 21 January 2019 At the Ombudsman’s head office, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and the Ombudsman’s advisers, mag. Uroš Kovačič and Robert Gačnik, met the Director of the Probation Administration, mag. Danijela Mrhar Prelić, and her colleagues. The meeting focused on a detailed familiarisation with the operations of the Probation Administration and its units. 23 January 2019 At the MDDSZ, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and Ana Polutnik, the Ombudsman’s adviser, attended a working meeting with the representatives of the MDDSZ and courts about resolving the situation that occurred due to the overcrowding in secure wards. 24 January 2019 At the Ombudsman’s head office, Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih and the Ombudsman’s advisers, mag. Jure Markič, Ana Polutnik and Robert Gačnik, attended the annual meeting with the representatives of NGOs that were selected to cooperate in the NPM work at the public call. 1 February 2109 Mag. Jure Markič, the Ombudsman’s adviser, attended the 10th session of the working group regarding the establishment of a special unit for treating persons with profound mental disorders at the MDDSZ. 6 February 2019 Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih attended the 5th regular session of the Committee on Justice of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia where the situation in the field of detention and imprisonment in Slovenian prisons was discussed. THE REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA ON IMPLEMENTING THE TASKS OF THE NPM