European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)2 and the guidance of the World Health Organisation on fighting the pandemic. As a result, the NPM inspections have found numerous deficiencies visible especially in the systems on whose reform the Ombudsman has insisted for a long time. For example, the NPM has found that in some places for deprivation of liberty there is no possibility to quarantine newly admitted persons. PCR tests are not implemented as an alternative to quarantine. In this regard, the Ombudsman has recommended to the Directorate General Execution of Punishments to apply a flexible approach to implementing the anti-epidemic measures taking into account the objective capabilities of prisons and detention centres and to exercise systemic control. The monitoring results are announced in the Ombudsman’s annual reports in order to serve as a starting point to changing the policies and improving the conditions in the said places. 2 Issued on 20 March 2020. 8