possible extent determined by their mental disabilities. What should contribute to that to a great extent, is the Program on the protection of mental health in the Republic of Serbia for the period 2019-2026119 passed by the Government of the Republic of Serbia, provided that it is implemented in accordance with predicted activities. PROPOSALS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STATUS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY IN RELATION TO ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES  Ministry of Interior should continue with the implementation of activities from its competence with the aim of the adaptation of the existing and construction of new premises for detention, in compliance with valid standards;  Ministry of Interior should continue with the improvement of the operation of internal control mechanisms;  Ministry of Justice should without further delay implement the activities from its competence with the aim of the adjustment of the provisions of the Criminal Code with the generally accepted definition of torture from Article 1 of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.  Ministry of Justice should, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, ensure that the service for health protection of the institute for the execution of criminal sanctions functions within the competence of the Ministry of Health;  Ministry of Justice, Administration for the Enforcement of Penal Sanctions should continue with the improvement of material conditions of accommodation of persons deprived of liberty, in those institutes for the execution of criminal sanctions in which these conditions are not completely adjusted to valid standards;  Ministry of Justice, Administration for the Enforcement of Penal Sanctions should provide persons in custody and convicts accommodated and closed departments of prison with enough available activities as well as the residence during the day at common premises with other convicts and persons in custody with whom due to conducting of the criminal proceedings the court did not limit the contact;  Ministry of Justice, Administration for the Enforcement of Penal Sanctions should improve the implementation of the treatment toward convicts, especially individual and group educational work;  Ministry of Justice, Administration for the Enforcement of Penal Sanctions should continue with the improvement of the provision of health protection to convicts and persons in custody;  Ministry of Justice, Administration for the Enforcement of Penal Sanctions should provide that female convicts and minors serve their sentence as close to the place of their residence as possible or within the existing circumstances take activities for the purpose of the expansion of the forms of communication in the direction of the actual exercise of rights of convicts and minors to the contact with family and rights of children to maintaining personal relations with mothers; 119 “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 84 dated 29th November, 2019. - 73 -