indicated that two other disciplinary proceedings had been instituted in this context since the CPT’s visit. 37. Where prison detention conditions were concerned, there was a striking contrast in general between the recently built Leuze-en-Hainaut Prison and the other prisons visited, where management and staff had to cope with prevailing overcrowding in largely ageing facilities. The CPT also appreciated the efforts made to combat overcrowding, while recalling that there should not be excessive emphasis on increasing the number of places in prisons. The lack of organised activities in the prisons visited was a cause for concern, with the Committee recalling that this situation could have serious consequences (increased tension, frustration and violence, greater risk of radicalisation, etc.). 38. The CPT welcomes the reform of the psychiatric detention system, which is geared in the long term to better care for the persons concerned in specialised establishments. In this context, it highlighted the undeniable progress represented by the therapeutic approach and the resources provided at the Ghent forensic psychiatry centre, the first establishment of its kind in Belgium. It should also be noted that the risk of violence between persons in psychiatric detention was lower in this centre than in prison establishments. Nevertheless, the psychiatric facilities in prison establishments suffered from the same old systemic problems such as a lack of staff, care being limited to pharmacological treatment and inadequate management of psychiatric emergencies. The psychiatric annexe of Lantin Prison was the most alarming example of this situation. In their response, the Belgian authorities indicated that a new team (psychiatrists, occupational therapist, social worker, educational worker) had been set up by means of fresh recruitments, although it was still incomplete. 39. Lastly, the CPT looked at the treatment of people detained by the police. The report makes reference to several allegations relating to an excessive use of force, generally during or shortly after arrest. The Committee issued a set of recommendations aimed at the supervision, training and improved procedural safeguards against ill-treatment. In their response, the Belgian authorities indicated that, on the basis of the Committee’s recommendations, they had issued several reminders of the rules to police officers in the field and to training teams and had drawn up new instructions where necessary. Report published in March 2018 (CPT/Inf(2018)8), response published in June 2018 (CPT/Inf(2018)23) Report on the periodic visit to Bulgaria in September/October 2017 and response of the Bulgarian authorities (situation of persons in police custody, immigration detention, prisons, and in psychiatric and social care institutions) 40. The CPT’s report concludes that there might have been a slight improvement regarding the treatment of persons in police custody since the 2015 visit, especially as regards the severity of alleged ill-treatment. Material conditions varied greatly Page 20 ►General Report of the CPT, 2018