the sentence after the calculated detention is over 3 years, from the area of the basic courts: Berovo, Vinica, Delchevo, Kochani, Radovish, Sveti Nikole, Strumica and Shtip; CPI Shtip officially has an accommodation capacity for 210 convicts, and during the visit to the Institution a total of 201 convicts were accommodated there. This fact indicates that the accommodation capacities are almost full, and that the actual accommodation capacity is lower than the officially stated one, is indicated by the fact that some convicts said that after serving their disciplinary punishment of solitary confinement, most of them were reassigned to another room without their knowledge, since in the meantime, in the room where they were accommodated before being sent to solitary confinement, there are other (newly admitted) convicted persons. In addition to this, the fact that some of the premises originally intended for solitary confinement are converted into accommodation rooms also speaks for itself. The current number of employees does not meet the needs for smooth and efficient performance of the function that should be performed by an institution of this type, and in this regard the director stressed that he has addressed the Directorate for Execution of Sanctions with a request for additional employment and promotions of officials. 3.1.2. Material conditions During the visit, the NPM team inspected all units where the convicts are accommodated, as well as other premises/sections that are part of the Penitentiary. Thus, an inspection was performed in the: admission unit; semi-open unit; closed unit; isolation / solitary confinement rooms; kitchen, bakery and dining room; bathroom, boiler room and laundry; examination room - clinic; a food storage warehouse and a warehouse for tools and materials; children’s corner; canteen, as well as in the gym and workshops. In the rooms where the convicts are accommodated, there is a bed for each person, but the convicts themselves pointed out that after serving the disciplinary punishment, most of them are reassigned to another room without their knowledge, because in the meantime in the room where they were placed before going to solitary confinement another (usually newly admitted) convicted person is accommodated. When accommodating the convicted persons in the premises, the provisions of the Law on Execution of Sanctions are not fully respected, where it is provided that for each convicted person at least 9 m³/4 m² of space should be provided, so in the closed unit in rooms of 10m² as many as 4 convicts are accommodated1. Depending on the wing in which the rooms are located, they are differently 1 Чл.157 ст.1 од Законот за извршување на санкциите (Закон за извршување на санкциите („Службен весник на Република Северна Македонија“ бр. 99/2019 и 220/2019) www. ombudsman.mk 109