Rules,146 a prisoner who is found guilty of a disciplinary offence shall be able to appeal to a competent and independent higher authority. In 2015, a total of 4064 disciplinary measures were used against prison inmates, with 38 orders on the imposition of disciplinary sanction were appealed against by 28 convicts147, 20 out of whom served their sentences at the establishment N7. As for 2014, only 3 inmates appealed against 3 disciplinary measures imposed upon them.148 Therefore, we can say that compared to last year, the appeal of disciplinary penalties from prisoners is increased, however, noteworthy is the fact that the prisoners refrain from appealing the orders on the disciplinary charges, because they regard it as useless. In the CPT’s view, the prisoners should have an opportunity to listen to the radio or watch TV, and this should not be regarded as a privilege and should be the right of all prisoners.149 According to paragraph 2 of Article 20 of the Imprisonment Code, accused/ convicted persons, except for those placed in a solitary confinement cell, may be granted the right to listen to radio and watch TV during non-work times, as determined by the internal regulations of the establishment. With the consent of the administration and according to the restrictions of the establishment, an accused/convicted person or a group of accused/convicted persons may have personal radio or TV sets if their use does not violate the internal regulations of this establishment or disturb other accused/ convicted persons. Accused/convicted persons may purchase these devices at their own expense or receive them in the form of a parcel. According to Articles 63,150 664151 and 66 152 of the Imprisonment Code, the right to use a personal TV set, computer or radio set is a form of incentive for prisoners, which is also provided in the Regulations of the penitentiary establishments established by the Order of the Minister of Corrections in 2015 (Semi-open, Closed and Special risk institutions). Public Defender considers that the use of television and radio should not be dependent on the good will of the administration. All the accused / convict shall have the right to use TV and radio without any prior permission and the director of the establishment should be able to restrict the rights for a certain period of time only in exceptional cases, on the basis of clearly defined grounds and the reasoned decision. In addition, the conditions in which cell the prisoners have one TV or a radio in the cell, a disciplinary penalty in the form of withdrawal of the TV / radio receiver takes the form Rule 61.1. Establishments N2, N3, N5, N7 and N9. Establishments N6, N8 and N9. Available at the following link: <http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/geo/2015-42-inf-eng.pdf> [last accessed: 28.03.2016]. 150 Subparagraph E. 151 Subparagraph V. 152 Subparagraph E. 146 147 148 149 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015 85