37 primary healthcare teams are operational in penitentiary establishments. The teams are composed of family doctors. During 2015, family doctors employed at these establishments issued medical advice to the prisoners 212 782 times (this figure was 214 567 in 2014 and 224 363 in 2013). As regards the number of doctors and nurses envisaged by the staffing tables of penitentiary establishments, according to the information received from the Medical Department of the Ministry of Corrections, the number of family doctors and nurses increased in 2015 in comparison with 2014 which is a positive development.164 The number of doctors and nurses according to penitentiary establishments is shown in the table below. N Establishment Doctor Nurse Responsible for pharmacy storage 1. Establishment N2 11 16 1 2. Establishment N3 6 5 1 3. Establishment N5 7 9 1 4. Establishment N6 7 10 1 5. Establishment N7 4 4 1 6. Establishment N8 26 43 1 7. Establishment N9 4 9 1 8. Establishment N11 3 4 1 9. Establishment N12 3 6 1 10. Establishment N14 10 11 1 11. Establishment N15 9 18 1 12. Establishment N16 4 6 1 13. Establishment N17 11 18 1 The Ratio of doctors and nurses envisaged by the penitentiary establishments’ staffing tables to the number of prisoners according to institutions in 2015 is provided in the table below. 164 In 2014, 103 doctors worked in the penitentiary establishments, in 2015- 189. Addition- ally, the number of nurses in 2014 was 136, and in 2015 - 233. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015 97

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