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should also be taken. The director of the institution should be informed about the results of regular (periodic) medical examinations at least once per year and, where necessary, if health condition of a convicted person improved or deteriorated, more frequently, when such change is observed. In addition,
the Institution should prepare a plan according to which underage persons will undergo regular medical examination by a relevant health institution at least once annually.
In the Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo, must include the following information on coercion
measures in a written report on medical examination 1) allegatioms of a person subjected to coercion
measures about the origin of injuries and 2) opinion on correlation of the measures and injuries.
The Juvenile Correctional Institution in Valjevo should keep regular records in the “Visits to Increased
Supervision Unit” records by entering relevant information in all fields in the form, while one row (under
one number) should be used to record exclusively information on a visit to one person.
The Institution should without delay ensure that convicted person C.U. is referred to a hospital with
adequate equipment and staff trained to treat persons with mental disorders, i.e. Special prison Hospital.
Detention of persons with indisputably diagnosed mental disorders, primarily psychotic, in the Institute
where there is no adequate equipment or staff trained to treat such persons, even when such persons
receive prescribed pharmacotherapy from a medical specialist, can be identified as unhuman treatment,
particularly if it is long-term detention.
In possible similar cases in the future, the Institute should require from a psychiatrist who performs
medical examination to provide his opinion whether further treatment can be performed in the
Institute or a patient must be referred to a specialized institution at every medical examination (the
first and control examinations). In addition, the Institute should without delay respect the psychiatrist’s
recommendation in connection with periods within which control medical examination should be
performed.
A physician should regularly keep Records of Injuries and enter information for each patient in adequate
fields, with special attention paid to entering of the following information 1) allegations of a person
subjected to coercion measures about the origin of injuries and 2) the physician’s opinion on correlation
of the event described in allegations and injuries.
A physician should submit to the director his/her findings and recommendation in writing about the
improvement of hygiene in the institution and hygiene of convicted persons, the condition of sanitary
conditions and appliances, heating, lighting and airing in the rooms where convicted persons stay.
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It is necessary to encourage the development of initial and continual training for professionals and
other employees hired to provide services of maintenance and rehabilitation.
The institution should make analysis the necessary number of employees and the type of treatment,
develop a work organization plan, which will ensure inclusion of all users in rehabilitation activities and
identify necessary training programs, which will encourage work with users with complex disabilities.
It is necessary to provide adequate accommodation and required rehabilitation to bed-ridden users
without delay.
It is necessary to eliminate shortcomings in continual supervision of users placed in the rooms for
“increased supervision”.
“Increased supervision” should not be used as a correctional measure.
Accommodation in the rooms for “increased supervision” should be improved.
172 Report on Visit to the Centre for Children and Youth with Developmental Disabilities, 71-26/13.
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