8. Long‑standing issues in effective prevention of ill-treatment Prisons In 2015, the Government pledged to prepare a draft amendment that would incorporate disciplinary proceedings comprehensively in the Imprisonment Act, reduce the time of solitary confinement and presence in an enclosed ward, and transfer decision-making on the most serious disciplinary misconduct to criminal proceedings. See the Government’s response to the CPT at https://rm.coe.int/168069568e The conditions of disciplinary punishment are not in conformity with international standards The CPT recommended the Government to ensure that the maximum duration of solitary confinement does not exceed 14 days (3 days for juveniles) and that no subsequent penalties are imposed on prisoners that would de facto extend the duration of solitary confinement beyond the maximum scope. The CPT further repeatedly recommended that possible disciplinary punishment of prisoners not include total prohibition of contact with family where the misconduct committed did not relate to such a contact. It is necessary to modify the Imprisonment Act, which stipulates the relevant rules. Social services facilities The systematic visits yielded findings on ill-treatment in facilities for elderly citizens. See the 2015 Report on visits See the Report on visit to the Lotos sanatorium, available at http://bit.ly/2rSYwPv The applicable regulations do not provide personnel, material and technical standards of social services Some of the facilities lack sufficient conditions for the provision of care, which also leads to ill-treatment of clients. While the Social Services Act does generally require the providers to ensure personnel, material and technical conditions corresponding to the type of the social services provided, without further specification in the form of a decree this legal provision is unclear and shortcomings almost cannot be penalised. It is necessary to include authorising provisions in the Act and issue the relevant implementing decrees. 27