I)  List of abbreviations I) List of abbreviations CPT – European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Imprisonment Rules – Decree of the Ministry of Justice No. 345/1999 Coll., promulgating the imprisonment rules ECtHR – European Court of Human Rights PUC – permanently unemployable convicts EPR – Recommendation Rec(2006)2 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the European Prison Rules Criminal Code – Act No. 40/2009 Coll., the Criminal Code Convention – Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as promulgated in the Collection of Laws under No. 209/1992 Coll. Office – the Office of the Public Defender of Rights Charter – Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, as promulgated in the Collection of Laws under No. 2/1993 Coll. RDG – Regulation of the Director General of the Prison Service of the Czech Republic Prison Service – Prison Service of the Czech Republic Public Defender of Rights Act – Act No. 349/1999 Coll., on the Public Defender of Rights Prison Service Act – Act No. 555/1992 Coll., on the Prison Service and the judicial guard of the Czech Republic Imprisonment Act – Act No. 169/1999 Coll., on imprisonment Health Care Services Act – Act No. 372/2011 Coll., on health care services and the conditions of their provision The Report is based on the legal state of affairs as of 1 January 2016, unless specified otherwise. /7/