• not introducing any additional activities that could be carried out while the visits were suspended; they demanded, e.g., the permission for them to have game consoles in their cells, • lack of real access to medical care, • too small numbers of protective equipment for inmates. The interviewed prisoners who had information about the incident reported that, as a result, the telephone duration limit was extended to 15 minutes. The information was confirmed by the documents sent by the establishment’s managers. Most of the inmates who did not take part in the action had negative opinion about it. They stated that it was ineffective, and that the prisoners made a laugh of themselves because they failed to win anything. Some of the inmates said the timing was bad because the situation was exceptional, and they had some understanding for the restrictions introduced by the Prison Service. The information obtained from the managers of the establishment showed that the inmates who took part in the action had penalties imposed on them. In relation to some of the inmates, special safety measures were also taken. • Three of the inmates were transported to another establishment because they had already been classified as posing a serious threat to the society or to the safety of the establishment (Article 88a(1) of the Criminal Execute Code). Also, each of those prisoners had a joint penalty imposed on him (including for the participation in the group action) in the form of solitary confinement for 28 days, based on the consent of a penitentiary judge; • Four of the inmates were transported to another establishment for the purpose of serving joint disciplinary penalties imposed on them in the form of solitary confinement for 28 days (the penalties were imposed for several acts jointly, including the participation in the group action); • One of the prisoners had a joint penalty imposed on him (for several acts jointly, including the participation in the group action) in the form of solitary confinement for 28 days, based on the consent of a penitentiary judge; • Three of the prisoners had joint penalties imposed on them (for several acts jointly, including the participation in the group action) in the form of solitary confinement for 14 days; • One of the prisoners had a disciplinary penalty imposed on him in the form of solitary confinement for 12 days; • On 39 of the prisoners, penalties were imposed in the form of the prohibition to receive food parcels (for up to three months); 93

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