is about 3 m2. The trend of overcrowding in the prison continued also in 2014, despite the apparent reduction in the prison population by about 100 people. Until 31st August 2014 221 PDL were encouraged under the provisions of Art. 98, para 1, p. 1-5 of LESD. The number of the prisoners used home leave under Art. 98, para 1, p. 7-9 of LESD was 285. The number of disciplinary penalties imposed on PDL, defendants and accused, in 2013 was 275. Out of them before the court have been appealed against 13, confirmed - 6, cancelled - 6; and 1 is left without consideration. There was no repealed decisions of the Committee under Art. 73 of LESD pursuant to art. 74, para 2 LESD. From the Minutes No 4 / 08.08.2014, that had been required in the course of the inspection in 2014, it was seen that the share of the proposed PDL for release on parole and replacement of the regime in the lighter out of the prisoners formally acquired the rights to it remains relatively high compared to other PEs. It is necessary again to repeat the previous finding of the NPM for the good work in informing the PDL in the prison in the city of Belene of impending consideration of proposals to the Committee under Art. 73, and the good motivation of decisions including risk assessments, in the minutes of the committee. Activities of SAEW sector in 2013 and 2014 continues to be on a relatively good level of performance of general penitentiary activities and specialised group work. Weekly schedules for conducting social events are prepared. Emphasis is placed on the awareness of leisure time by PDL. According to the administration these activities take about 4-6 hours a day. During the visit of the NPM most PDL were not involved in any activity and despite efforts by the prison administration access to such activities and rationalisation of time of PDL is limited and insufficient. This, on its turn, leads to a lack of any motivation among PDL for rehabilitation and re-socialization. During the CPT's visit in 2014 was identified a rigorous approach to the use of handcuffs and carrying batons by the prison staff in the security zone, which houses people with life sentences. The recommendation is to suspend routine putting of cuffs on exiting the cells. The team of the NPM found that this recommendation has been implemented, and during the interviews the PDL said that this practice was discontinued after the CPT's visit. The practice of carrying batons openly has been also discontinued. Prison - Lovech In 2013 520 PDL were encouraged under Art. 98, para 1, p. 1-5 of LESD. The number of the prisoners used home leave under Art. 98, para 1, p. 7-9 of LESD was 651. The number of disciplinary penalties imposed on PDL, defendants and accused, in 2013 was 482. In the progress of the inspection in 2014 minutes No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 showed that the share of the PDL proposed for release on parole and replacement of the regime into the lighter compared to that of the prisoners that had formally acquired the rights to it remains relatively low (under 10 %) - a finding made in the examination of the documentation in almost all prisons inspected in 2014, with the exception if the prison in the city of Belene. The activities of the sector SAEW in 2013 and 2014 continues to be relatively narrow because of the lack of suitable premises. One of the main objectives is to look for opportunities to increase the resources of the prison population because of the large percentage of primary and secondary illiteracy, lack of professional skills and work habits, desire for easy consecutive stay in the prison. In 2013, 521 PDL went through the first module of the programme for adaptation. The academic year 2012/2013 started with 195 students and ended 22