2.2.1 DOCUMENTING FACTS OF ILL-TREATMENT AND NOTIFYING COMPETENT ORGANS According to the information provided by the Ministry of Corrections,17 the numbers of bodily injuries suffered by prisoners in penitentiary establishments are the following: The number of bodily injuries suffered by prisoners in penitentiary establishments Establishment Self-injury Inflicted by another person Everyday life injuries N2 533 100 236 7 876 N3 0 0 16 3 19 N5 21 0 202 0 223 N6 353 0 27 0 380 N7 110 0 5 2 117 N8 771 79 396 54 1300 N9 0 0 6 0 6 N11 1 3 40 0 44 N12 2 1 9 0 12 N14 2 6 105 0 113 N15 42 2 214 0 258 N16 0 0 15 0 15 N17 56 3 168 3 230 N18 172 0 30 0 202 N19 57 4 21 15 97 Not clarified overall Timely and methodical registration of bodily injuries of alleged victims of ill-treatment and of their claims and filing reports to the competent organs are essential for securing effective investigation and prevention of ill-treatment in the long run. Medical personnel employed by penitentiary establishments have a special role in documenting alleged facts of ill-treatment. Timely medical examination of prisoners at the time of admission to penitentiary establishments is no less important for prevention of ill-treatment. It is meant to check whether a person was subjected to torture or other forms of ill-treatment from the moment of arrest to the moment of admission to the penitentiary establishment.18 According to the recommendation of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the following information should be included in medical files when examining the person in a closed establishment: 17 The Letter of the Ministry of Corrections dated 10 March 2016, MOC 71600192429 (Registered at the Public Defender with the number N3159/16. 18 General Report No. 23 of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, 2013, para 71, 73. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015 25