INTRODUCTION It is alarming that majority of the recommendations referring to psychiatric hospitals are being repeated. In 2018, we again pointed out that patients should be provided with daytime clothes, and that they should particularly be reminded of the possibility to not stay in pyjamas throughout the day. We also repeated that activities for patients should be carried out at weekends as well. When observing the ZDZdr, we still noted irregularities upon the admission of patients and in the application of special protection measures. We again commend the cooperation of the Ministry of Justice or the Prison Administration of the Republic of Slovenia. There are still problems with overcrowding of individual prisons, when ensuring suitable living premises and possibilities for work or inclusion of prisoners in activities, and when ensuring a sufficient number of staff. Again, we highlight the need to observe the CPT’s recommendation stating that remand prisoners be outside their cells at least eight hours a day and take part in various beneficial activities, such as work, education, sports and similar. When visiting Slovenia in 2017, the CPT recommended that the Slovenian authorities further strive to ensure a satisfactory activity programme for all prisoners, i.e. remand prisoners and convicted persons. The objective should be for all prisoners (including remand prisoners) to spend a significant portion of the day (i.e. eight or more hours) outside of their rooms, participating in useful activities: work, which is possibly professionally useful, education, sports, recreation or socialisation. The cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior or the Police was still exemplary when discussing findings determined after visiting police stations. For the most part, these refer to the equipment of detention rooms, recording of detention, the enforcement of rights of persons detained, and the possibilities of going outdoors. The NPM expects that its findings and well-intentioned proposals or recommendations will help the Police in otherwise very responsible and challenging work when discussing migrants or refugees. We also expect that our proposals will contribute to the elimination of detected deficiencies and irregularities, and the preparation of suitable guidelines for its work. We also believe that more attention must be dedicated in the future to monitoring these procedures, particularly to independent, impartial and professional discussion of complaints against police officers, also when processing migrants or refugees. Relating to applicants with the intention to file for international protection who are accommodated at reception premises in the Asylum Centre and are waiting to file the application, we highlight that their actual treatment points to the restriction of liberty, which requires suitable legal basis necessary for any restriction of liberty or encroachment upon an individual’s personal freedom or a different organisation of work. We further encourage the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport to prepare expert bases for comprehensive and uniform treatment of adolescents with instructions for suitable action, particularly of adolescents with mental disorders and associated violent and hetero-aggressive behaviour. We recommend that the Ministry re-examine technical standards and spatial conditions for residential, intensive and educational groups, and draft regulations applicable directly in residential treatment institutions and youth homes. 14 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2018 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT