The majority of the prisons and remote units have a room which is designated as the hospital room (Dob Prison, Ljubljana Prison, Ig Prison, Koper Prison, Koper Prison ‒ the Nova Gorica Unit, Maribor Prison ‒ the Rogoza Unit, Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison); however, these rooms are also not equipped with appropriate hospital beds (usually only with old and worn out beds). The beds in these rooms cannot be adjusted (in height and position) and not all (during the thematic visits) had a hospital bed trapeze to assist patients when getting up. Hospital room in Dob Prison in the new Department V Hospital room in Ig Prison The ZIKS-1 stipulates that every prison must have a hospital room for the accommodation and treatment of prisoners. With regard to the equipment in hospital rooms, the ZIKS-1 only stipulates that a hospital room must be equipped in accordance with the general rules and regulations (the first paragraph of Article 60 of the ZIKS-1). Appropriate equipment in hospital rooms is also stipulated by the second paragraph of Article 47 of the PIKZ; however, it does not specifically determine it. In the past, we have already asked the Prison Administration to inform us of the criteria that a room in a prison must meet in order to be classified as a hospital room. The Prison Administration answered that hospital rooms were equipped similarly to hospital rooms in healthcare institutions outside the prison. Dob Prison also recommended to Trebnje Health Centre that they prepare criteria for a hospital room in the prison and its equipment in accordance with general rules and regulations. The latter established that legislation was lacking in this area and asked the Ministry of Justice to issue a regulation which would govern hospital rooms in prisons, and also temporary instructions until such a regulation is adopted. It emphasised that there was no stipulation that a healthcare provider needed to prepare criteria for equipment used in hospital rooms. The general regulations do not consider the specific situation in prisons. Questions regarding different security regimes, the right to smoke, and numerous others therefore remain unanswered. The Health Centre further believed that it was not appropriate to set up hospital rooms and prison cells with the most problematic prisoners in the same wing of Dob Prison. At the time, the Ministry of Justice answered our questions on the standard equipment in hospital rooms under the ZIKS-1 and other subordinate regulations, also from the viewpoint of the recommendation emphasised by Trebnje Health Centre. The Ministry said that these regulations do not include an authorisation for issuing a corresponding implementing regulation, which would, as recommended by Trebnje Health Centre, govern the specific nature of hospital rooms in prisons, especially with regard to assuring different security regimes and similar matters. The required equipment for hospital rooms in prisons is determined by the Standards for the Construction and Equipment of Prisons, which were issued by the Prison Administration on 24 November 2005 pursuant to the criteria for the regulation of business facilities for the needs of state administration (Government of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 361-00/2001-8 as of 4 November 2004) With regard to prison cells for patients, Article 3 stipulates that these be furnished with: – a hospital bed with a trapeze; – a high bedside table for patients; – a mobile table on wheels for patients; – a chair without a backrest; – a metal wastebasket with lid; – a TV shelf; – a double door wardrobe; –a  small refrigerator of up to 40 l in volume (only for new constructions with partially or fully individual food preparation). 94 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