With regards to the above recommendations, it should be noted, that, although air conditioners were installed in the investigation rooms in 2015, to the extent that these rooms do not have windows and other means of natural ventilation, it is not possible to clean the air. Thus, it is necessary to ensure adequate artificial ventilation system. As for the other recommendations, they have not been implemented so far. 2.4.1.7. Establishment N9 of the Penitentiary Department The establishment N9 has 1 residential building with 26 cells. During our visit, 72 the space of the living cells per prisoner did not comply with the requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 15 of the Imprisonment Code.73 Living cells are lit both naturally and artificially. Cells are ventilated through the windows, but it is necessary to install artificial ventilation system. Laundry facility is not functioning and the prisoners are compelled to wash and dry clothes and linens in the cell, or in some cases, to send them to their family members for washing. Establishment has 5 yards. All five are about the same size, 24-25 m2. They are partially roofed (1.5X3 m) and equipped with chairs and ashtray bins. To ensure physical activity of the prisoners it is preferable to equip yards with exercise tools. According to the information Received from the establishment N9,74 the quarantine and solitary confinement cells did not function in the establishment throughout the year. The establishment does not have the infrastructure for long visits, and the prisoners did not have the opportunity to enjoy a long-term visit. In the 2014 Annual Report to the Parliament, the Public Defender addressed the Minister of Corrections with the recommendation to create extended visit infrastructure and to ensure proper artificial ventilation of residential as well as investigative rooms and showers. It should be noted that these recommendations have not been implemented. 2.4.1.8. Establishment N 11 of the Penitentiary Department The establishment N11 has 1 residential building. Living cells are lit both naturally and artificially. Cells are ventilated by natural means. All the individual cells have a toilet and 72 9 December 2015. 73 According to paragraph 2 of Article 15 of the Imprisonment Code: „the living space norm in any type of penitentiary institution shall not be less than 4 square meters per prisoner”. According to paragraph 3 of the same Article: “the living space per inmate of any temporary detention institution shall not be less than 3 square meters”. 74 The letter N642/16 of the Director of the Establishment N9, received by the Public Defender’s office on 20 January 2016. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM), 2015 63