• Adapted facilities or departments in one or more prisons must be set up, making them appropriate for the accommodation of prisoners whose age, illness or disability means that they require additional assistance in the meeting of their basic needs. These facilities must be equipped with adapted equipment which will enable the safe implementation of the activities of vulnerable people in custody in all areas of life, as well as unhindered movement, i.e. without any architectural barriers (staircases and other uneven surfaces). • All rooms which have been designated to be used as hospital rooms in prisons and remote units should be large enough and not contain any architectural barriers. They should be uniformly equipped with appropriate hospital beds and other necessary equipment. • Activities for the employment of appropriate care and nursing staff for vulnerable people in custody (e.g. in order to help them maintain personal hygiene and other activities) who need additional assistance but who cannot be moved to appropriate social care or other institutions for security reasons, should start to be implemented. If employing appropriate nursing staff is not reasonable, uniform methods and conditions for all prisons and their remote units should be arranged to ensure such assistance (e.g. in providing care pursuant to a work order, etc.). IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2017 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 97