Total Adopted Rejected Realised No data Legend Number of recommendations Share 66 26 7 21 12 100 % 39.4 % 10.6 % 31.8 % 18.2 % During a control visit to the Forensic Psychiatry Unit, the observance of 17 recommendations made during the previous regular visit to the institution in 2014 were inspected. In addition to four rejected recommendations from the previous visit, which were repeated, eight new recommendations were made, which were statistically included among the recommendations made during regular visits in 2016. We determined that seven recommendations had been realised and six accepted but not yet implemented. Regular visits in 2016 Ljubljana University Psychiatric Hospital There are officially 18 beds in the male admission ward. Fifteen patients were staying there at the time of the NPM’s visit. No minors were accommodated in the male admission ward at the time of our visit. Seventeen patients were accommodated in the female admission ward at the time of our visit. The capacity of the female ward is 22 beds; occasionally, additional beds are installed. No minors were accommodated in the female admission ward at the time of our visit. There are smaller rooms in the gerontopsychiatry ward (G1), usually double and triple rooms; the capacity of the ward is 15 persons. There were 15 patients in the ward, i.e. 8 women and 7 men. The ward for treatment of behavioural psychological changes (G2) has four rooms; two rooms for men and two for women. There are four beds in each room; the ward can accommodate 16 persons. On the day of the NPM’s visit, the capacities of G1 and G2 were full. The A1 ward is a secure ward for women. The ward was not full (19 beds) at the time of our visit. There were 18 female patients accommodated in the ward, aged 23 to 65. The detoxification ward (DTO) is a secure ward. There are officially 17 beds in the ward, i.e. 16 regular ones and one spare bed for cases of emergency intervention. Thirteen patients were staying there at the time of our visit. The youngest patient was 16; the oldest was 51 years old. The minor was placed in the ward on the basis of a court order. The ward for intensive prolonged treatment is a semi-open ward. The ward officially has 15 beds and one additional one for emergency interventions, where the accommodation of a mother and child is also possible if necessary. Eight male and female patients were in the ward at the time of the NPM’s visit. Three patients were accommodated in the ward for the treatment of co-morbid disorders at the time of the NPM’s visit; the official capacity of the ward is six patients. Idrija Psychiatric Hospital The capacity of the hospital is 200 beds. On average, there are 159 patients in Idrija Psychiatric Hospital, and occasionally also 180 or more. On the day of the NPM’s visit, there were 189 patients in the hospital. Idrija Psychiatric Hospital has four secure wards. The capacity of the general psychiatric (female) ward S2 is 21 patients; 17 patients were in the ward at the time of the NPM’s visit. The capacity of the general psychiatric (male) ward S3 is 22 patients; 20 patients were in the ward at the time of the NPM’s visit. 72 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2016 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT