required, as well as the dignity they deserved. It is equally regrettable that staff (and the management) of these establishments had been left to struggle from day to day with totally insufficient human resources, without adequate funding and without any attention or support from the Bulgarian authorities. In their response, the Bulgarian authorities informed the CPT about plans to close nine social care institutions which provide the most unacceptable living conditions, including Radovets Home. 44. The report also describes that material conditions in the Special Home for Accommodation of Foreigners in Lyubimets were generally very poor, with largecapacity dormitories being dilapidated, filthy, and crammed with bunk beds. During a subsequent ad hoc visit carried out to Bulgaria in December 2018, the CPT had an opportunity to further examine the treatment and conditions of detention of foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation. To this end, the CPT’s delegation visited Border Police detention facilities in Elhovo, Sofia Airport and Svilengrad (Kapitan Andreevo) and carried out follow-up visits to the Special Homes for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners in Busmantsi and Lyubimets. In Busmantsi, the delegation also paid a visit to the Closed-Type Premises run by the State Agency for Refugees. Report published in May 2018 (CPT/Inf(2018)15), response published in October 2018 (CPT/Inf(2018)46) Report on the periodic visit to Croatia in March 2017 and response of the Croatian authorities (situation of persons in police custody, prisoners and involuntary psychiatric patients) 45. The CPT indicates in its visit report that most of the persons interviewed had been treated correctly by the police. However, some allegations of ill-treatment were received, consisting mainly of slaps, punches and kicks inflicted at the time of arrest or during questioning at a police station (“informative talks”). In a few cases, medical evidence existed to support the allegations. The CPT made a series of recommendations aimed at tackling the issue and strengthening the legal aid system, including for persons summoned to a police station for “informative talks”. 46. As regards prisons, the report recognises the progress made by the Croatian authorities in reducing prison overcrowding. Nevertheless, continued efforts need to be made to ensure that every prisoner has at least 4 m² of living space in multipleoccupancy cells. Further, the CPT’s report is particularly critical of the excessive restrictions imposed on remand prisoners and misdemeanour offenders who continue to spend up to 23 hours locked up in substandard cells with no access to purposeful activities. The report also refers to allegations of physical ill-treatment by staff and frequent episodes of inter-prisoner violence, sometimes involving serious physical injuries at Zagreb County Prison. The report highlights the legal obstacles hampering the provision of health care in prisons in terms of the lack of accreditation of prison doctors with the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (HZZO). It also makes recommendations to improve the treatment of prisoners suffering from mental health disorders and drug addiction. Page 22 ►General Report of the CPT, 2018