Review of recommendations and responses Suitability of the number of accommodated persons and the regime of accommodating prisoners We proposed to Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison that standards or size (floor area) of living premises be observed when accommodating prisoners regarding the actual number of persons accommodated in an individual room.90 The Head Office of the Prison Administration of Slovenia explained that standards on the capacity of individual rooms as per the actual number of prisoners in the institution would be observed when accommodating prisoners in rooms; however, the prison would approach this issue gradually (releases of prisoners, gradual re-accommodation). We also proposed to Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison that other rooms at the detention unit be open when this is allowed by the security situation (e.g. no accomplices are accommodated and other obstacles are non-existent). The Head Office of the Prison Administration of Slovenia replied that our proposal had been observed. A metal door (‘gitre’) was installed in the detention unit, which enabled the opening of additional rooms in the unit. The project was finalised in January 2017. This measure would also enable more regular showering, since a special bathroom with a shower was located in this wing of the detention unit. We proposed to Rogoza Open Unit of Maribor Prison that regarding transitional rooms the management of the unit consider accommodating convicts serving their sentence as per Article 12 of the ZIKS-1 in rooms which are accessible from other rooms (or vice versa). The Head Office of the Prison Administration of Slovenia stated that the management also believed that a connection to other rooms was not appropriate, but there were no options for adapting the rooms. The proposal of the NPM would thus be observed, and convicted persons serving weekend sentences would be accommodated in the relevant rooms (who were currently being accommodated in various rooms in order to reduce the feeling of overcrowding during the week). Equipment and suitability of premises When visiting Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison, we expressed our expectations that the old metal furniture (beds and lockers) would be replaced shortly also in the closed regime. The Head Office of the Prison Administration of Slovenia explained that the prison planned to buy equipment for prisoners in 2017, which also included the purchase of lockers and beds. The purchase of such equipment had been planned for several years; however, purchases are made gradually due to limited financial resources. Furthermore, we proposed to Celje Prison and Juvenile Prison that the water tap be affixed in room no. 223 and that the solitary confinement cell be checked for possible damage to the equipment after every accommodation in the relevant cell. The Head Office of the Prison Administration of Slovenia replied that the water tap in room no. 223 had been affixed immediately after our visit. 90 In the section of the prison with so-called single rooms, it was established that (in terms of floor area) these were actually suitable for accommodating one person, not two, as we noted during the visit. 148 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