1.4 Visits to prisons, a juvenile prison and a youth detention centre The Prison Administration replied to our recommendation and stated that there are no possibilities to ensure work for detainees, because it is not possible to work in the living areas and the already established workshop is intended only for convicted persons, therefore a new workshop would have to be built for detainees. It has to be pointed out that the situation in Koper Prison improved in terms of ensuring work to inmates and it is important to emphasise that work was provided to more than half detainees, which was particularly commended by the NPM. Semi-Closed Unit of Dob Prison was also commended for ensuring work to many persons (48 out of 60 inmates on our visit). The fact that Rogoza Open Unit of Maribor Prison enables or ensures work to all inmates, who wish to work and are capable to work, is also commendable. There were no complaints with regard to food quality in Slovenska vas Semi-Open Unit of Dob Prison, Rogoza Open Unit of Maribor Prison, Open Unit Puščava of Dob pri Mirni Prison, Novo mesto Unit of Ljubljana Prison and Koper Prison. On the other hand there were many complaints about food in Closed Unit of Dob pri Mirni Prison, mostly with regard to inadequate food quantities and cold dishes, which are being served for dinner too often. Since cold meals are served (only) on holidays we believe that there is no need for further addressing this problem. With regard to inadequate food quantities we sent a request to the Prison Administration to inform the Ombudsman of new food regulations. Complaints about food quality and quantity were voiced also in the detention section of Ig Prison; however, the convicted persons were satisfied with the food quality and quantity. We also received different opinions regarding food in Maribor Prison, but since we did not receive any complaints regarding the provision of diet or religious meals, the existing food preparation and provision in the prison was commended. We commended the organisation and tidiness of the visiting room in Rogoza Open Unit of Maribor Prison. On the other hand inmates voiced complaints that visiting rooms in Maribor Prison and Novo mesto Unit of Ljubljana Prison are too crowded during visiting hours. The NPM made a recommendation to Koper Prison to ensure that Italian (and, if necessary, English) translations of the House Rules and the Daily Agenda will be displayed in living areas, when foreigners are accommodated. The Prison Administration confirmed that this is being realised. The NPM also recommended to Novo mesto Unit of Ljubljana Prison to ensure translations of the House Rules and the Daily Agenda for detainees and convicted persons in all necessary languages in addition to English translations. The Prison Administration agreed with the suggestion. The NPM recommended also to Ig Prison to translate the House rules and the Daily Agenda for detention and prison facilities into English and Italian, and, if necessary, into other languages (depending on the available financial resources). The NPM also tried to draw attention to issues or possibilities for improvements in the field of job classification or occupation of available posts in individual prisons, namely in Rogoza Unit of Maribor Prison, Ig Prison and Maribor Prison. In Rogoza Unit of Maribor Prison we discovered that the number of classified posts decreased because of the retirement of the chief judicial police officer and social worker. The NPM discovered problems with human resources already on its previous visit. It considered that the transfer of a professional educationalist into the main Maribor Prison is not suitable. We discovered that not a single psychologist is employed by the Unit. The NPM therefore recommended that the possibilities be explored to fill the posts, which have remained vacant after the retirements. The Prison Administration sent a reply assuring that measures were taken (and provided a list) to decrease the burden on civil servants. The NPM recommended to Ig Prison to explore the existing filling of the classified posts in the section for education and work and, if necessary, to ensure that the vacant posts are filled. The NPM also recommended to Maribor Prison that the Prison Administration assess the suitability of the current filling of judicial police officers’ posts, mainly in terms of safety and the fact that the prison provides judicial police officers for the Forensic Psychiatric Unit. The Prison administration noted that this is being solved in line with capabilities and that the issue related to human resources has been improved since the last visit (by employing five additional judicial police officers). We received numerous compliments with regard to the attitude of judicial police officers in Rogoza Open Unit of Maribor Prison, Ig Prison and Novo mesto Unit of Ljubljana Prison. On the other hand we received some complaints regarding the informality of some judicial police officers when addressing inmates in Koper Prison. The Prison Administration agreed with our recommendation that judicial police officers be alerted to the professional communication with inmates, even if they personally know some of them. In Closed Unit of Dob pri Mirni the convicted persons mostly (even in Unit I) confirmed the professional attitude of judicial police officers or were only praising them, but there were some unfounded complaints of their supposed arrogance. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2013 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 87