open establishments, due to the informal prison rules, cannot freely walk in the yard during the day, use the sports pitches, enter the church or exercise with the others. In some of the establishments, they have a small territory near the living block and the administration has developed the special rules of taking a walk/using the yard. For instance, in the establishment N12, the individuals in charge of cleaning have separate hours for walking. Their living block closes an hour later than the other blocks and opens one hour earlier. The individuals of the maintenance service can walk in the yard safely only during this period. During the day, they are allowed to take a walk only on the small territory in front of their living block. That space does not have necessary recreational conditions. If the individuals involved in the maintenance service, responsible for cleaning are excluded from the maintenance service, they are no longer allowed to stay in the semiopen facilities despite the fact that they are sentenced to imprisonment in this kind of institution. This circumstance is caused by the above-mentioned, informal rules, according to which they should not have any physical or verbal communication with the rest of the convicts. It is noteworthy that the establishment N12 has a barber whose service is not available for the prisoners responsible for cleaning, since the barber won’t be able to serve other prisoners after touching those inmates, due to the above-mentioned sub-culture. The hours of using the shop are also divided. Certain time intervals are set when the individuals placed in the maintenance section are given the opportunity to buy the items they want. In the penitentiary establishments they have separate rooms for the long-term visits so that the rest of the inmates do not accidently appear in the rooms used by them, which, due to the criminal sub-culture, is unacceptable for the prisoners. Unlike the closed type establishments, in the semi-open institutions the individuals in charge of cleaning are not allowed to use the common shower during the day since other inmates are excercising their right to take shower at that time. Although the inmates responsible for cleaning need to take shower during the day due to the specificity of their work, they have to wait till the evening, which, apparently, creates discomfort for them. In 2015, the prisoners responsible for cleaning were less involved in the social and cultural events. The head of the social department of one of the establishemnts justified this circumstance in a following way: other inmates would not tak part in the group activities together with them and the separate group was not created in the maintenance part due to the lack of interest. Otherwise, the administration was ready to plan separate sports events and other various trainings for them. However, as noted by the prisoners themselves, they have not received this kind of offer from the administration and NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015 149