CHAPTER III TORTURE PREVENTION SUMMARY OF TORTURE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES In 2019, 56 preventive visits and a monitoring visit to places of deprivation of liberty were carried out as part of the torture prevention activity199. The Directorate for the Prevention of Torture within the People's Advocate Office carried out 31 of the 19 planned visits to places of deprivation of liberty, as follows: police inspectorates (9); penitentiary (9); temporary Placement Centers for People with Disabilities (adults) (2); military units (1); border crossing points (5); sectors of the border police (3) and the subdivisions of the Bureau of Migration and Asylum (2). For the first time, the People's Advocate Office, in a partnership with the public association ''Law Center of Advocates'', carried out 8 joint visits to monitor border crossing points in order to verify the situation regarding the observance of the rights of foreign citizens, asylum seekers, etc. Some observations from the joint visits were reflected in the Thematic Study "Observing the Rights of Foreign Citizens in State Custody", presented by the International Migrants Day in Chisinau200. Following the preventive visits, the Directorate for the Prevention of Torture prepared 10 visit reports with recommendations. The People's Advocate submitted 8 reaction acts based on the visit reports, formulating to the authorities 68 recommendations, 54 being executed, 5 rejected and another 9 being in the process of implementation. Thus, Penitentiary no. 13 in Chisinau received 6 recommendations, of which 2 were implemented and 4 remained unanswered; the Placement Center for People with Disabilities (adults) from Badiceni received 10 recommendations, of which 8 were implemented and 2 are in the process of implementation; The Placement Center for People with Disabilities (adults) from Branzeni received 11 recommendations, of which 8 were implemented and another 2 are in the process of implementation; The Stefan-Voda Police Inspectorate received 2 recommendations, of which only 1 was implemented; Penitentiary no. 3 in Leova received 11 recommendations, of which 8 were implemented and 2 were in progress; Penitentiary no. 18 in Branesti received 5 recommendations, of which 4 were implemented on time, and 1 was refused; Penitentiary no. 1 in Taraclia received 13 recommendations, of which 12 were implemented, and 1 199 200 57 visits by the Directorate for the Prevention of Torture of and the Council for the Prevention of Torture; http://ombudsman.md/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Studiul_Situatia_str%C4%83inilor_FINAL.pdf; 141