IX) Security 4) Belts in escort buses I ascertained during the systematic visits and, most notably, during the visit to the Escort Assembly Centre (EAC) 125 at the Jiřice Prison, that the escort buses were not equipped with safety belts (or any other similar element of passenger passive safety). Thus, the convicts are not in any manner protected against injury in the event of accident of the escort bus. CPT also addresses this topic, for example in the report from its visit to Slovenia (2006) and the United Kingdom (2012) 126, summarising that the absence of safety belts in the course of convict escorts represents a safety hazard. I believe that escort buses should be equipped with safety belts as an element of general safety; they should be introduced as part of replacement of the Prison Service’s vehicle fleet. I recommend that the General Directorate of the Prison Service: •• Ensures that escort buses are equipped with safety belts or other elements of passenger passive safety; this should be implemented by the end of 2017. 125 The place is the largest transfer station for long-distance escorts of convicts imprisoned in the Czech Republic. 126 The reports from CPT’s visits are available at http://hudoc.cpt.coe.int/eng# [retrieved on 1 January 2016]. /46/