relocated (this recommendation was made even in 2012). In 2012, the head of the prison presented a vision before the inspecting team that meets understanding and support of the Regional Governor of Vratsa Region and the Deputy Minister of Justice. It was related to the relocation of the dormitory to a state-owned building that is empty due to the lapsed needs of the Agency for Standardization and Metrology. The building is adjacent to the prison at 5 Bezimenna Street. The vision that has been supported by the head of the detention centre in the city of Vratsa was that there could be also relocated the detention centre itself. In 2014, the inspecting team of the NPM was acquainted with already implemented idea of the penitentiary administration. During our investigation we have been provided with Act No 3195 for private state property, which provide rights to administrate the property to the Ministry of Justice. *** In two of the prisons visited (in the cities of Belene and Bobov Dol) there was a serious problem with the quality of the drinking water. It is cloudy and contains impurities of sand. Although samples of the water in the city of Bobov Dol meet [the requirements of] Ordinance No 9/2001 of the Ministry of Health (in accordance with control certificate No C 0396 / 05.13.2013, issued by the Regional Health Inspectorate city of Kyustendil), according to the team of NPM the water was extremely cloudy. During the final conversation with the deputy head of the prison explanation was given that the water in the entire city of Bobov Dol was one and the same in terms of quality and content of impurities. *** Concerning the sole prison for women in Bulgaria - in the city of Sliven, the NPM again found that a major problem in terms of infrastructure is the lack of bathrooms in the accommodation spaces. In its report (CPT / Inf (2008) 11) the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) noted during its visit in September 2006 that no single accommodation space was equipped with a bathroom. Such a finding was also made by the inspecting team of the NPM in 2012. In the same year a recommendation by the Ombudsman was made to the Ministry of Justice to solve that problem. The recommendation has not been implemented by 2014 and the practice of using plastic buckets and yoghurt cups to urinate at night continued. After the CPT's findings on the availability of hot water for a period of just 20 minutes in the evening, the team of the NPM in 2012 found that the time was reduced to 10-15 minutes. After recommendations to the Ministry of Justice, the team of the NPM reported in 2014 that the schedule had been changed and the time for using hot water had been increased again to 20 minutes. During the inspection held in 2012 the team of NPM established use of "uniforms" (dark blue suits with skirt and jacket) by PDL for their appearance in courts. This existing practice was defined as unacceptable and contrary to the recommended rule specified in Art. 20.4 of Recommendation No Rec (2006) 2 of the Committee of Ministers of the Member States on the European Prison Rules. With satisfaction the NPM notes that as at 2014, such practice was discontinued. *** Concerning the only reformatory for PDL teenage boys in the city of Boichinovtsi, Bulgaria, based on previous recommendations the NPM noted that the window frames had not been still replaced, the facade has been left without repair, the flooring in the bedrooms is in bad condition. Much of the beds and bed sheets are worn and dirty. Such is the state of the bathrooms - dirty, non-maintained, and in some places - with broken seats. The rooms are spacious enough and have access to natural light. 13