equipment of the hospital kitchen, installation of toilets and replacement of window panes. The budget estimate for these repair works was BGN 479,729.83. In 2018, the higher security zone in the main prison building was completely repaired, as well as premises where persons are placed under Article 248 EPRCA, i.e. accused persons and defendants. Atlant Prison Hostel in Troyan is completely repaired, including its kitchen. As of the time of the inspection in 2019 no repair works have been done in the Specialised Hospital for Active Treatment of Inmates. As regards the number of inmates placed in the main prison building, there is a sustainable downward trend. Data available to the NPM are as follows: 2013 – 464 persons; 2014 – 446 persons; 2015 – 372 persons; 2016 – 345 persons; as of 25.04.2017 – 367 persons; by 31.12.2018 – 165 persons. In 2019, the NPM established that the detention facility is not overcrowded. On an average annual basis, from 11 to 15 persons are placed there. It has 4 places for barred visitations and a room for barless visitations with lawyers. There is also a room for conducting interrogations by investigating police officers. Food supplies to the Lovech Prison and Atlant PH are centralized and directly related to the amount of the planned budget funds. The average cost of food per day at 31.12.2013 for SHATPDL is BGN 3.87, for Lovech Prison – BGN 3.16, Atlant PH – BGN 2.85. The average cost of food per day at 31.12.2016 based on the average number of deprived from liberty is: for Lovech Prison – BGN 3.73 and for Atlant PH – BGN 3.55. The average cost of food per day at 31.12.2018 based on the average number of 682 inmates and 60 sick inmates in SHATPDL is BGN 5.45, for Lovech Prison – BGN 3.68, and for Atlant PH – BGN 4.57. Food for inmates is prepared according to a recipe book in the kitchen unit of the prison and the kitchens in the prison hostels. The prison has in place a well-supplied prison shop but its prices are overpriced, as in all places for deprivation of liberty visited by NPM, and the product range is insufficient. This precludes many of the inmates who have limited financial resources from buying different goods. The average monthly number of working inmates in 2018 is 220, including 70 in the services sector, 134 working for companies and 82 doing volunteering. The NPM found that in 2018 one inmate was unjustifiably retained after the period of punishment ordered by the court (held unjustifiably 3 months and 15 days due to revoked parole of 4 months of deprivation from liberty). Retention was not through the fault of the prison. As of 2019, there are 24 inmates sentenced to life imprisonment. 18 of them are with substitution right and 6 are without substitution right. In 2018, 136 persons on an average monthly basis acquired the right of ERP. In the same year, 66 persons were released. The number of inmates that acquired the right of substitution of their regime for less strict regime was 2,779, those that acquired the right to ERP numbered 1,633, those placed in open-type facilities numbered 590. At 31.12.2018, out of 672 inmates in total, 201 were placed in open-type facility. In 2018, 202 persons committed 383 offences constituting disciplinary violations under Article 100 of EPRCA and disciplinary punishments were imposed on them. The most numerous penalized category is that of repeat offenders – 99 convicts were punished with 202 punishments. As regards the other part of the close-type inmates, 56 were penalized with 110 punishments. In the open-type hostels, 38 inmates were penalized with 54 punishments. Least aggressive behaviour was exhibited by accused persons and defendants, where 9 persons were penalized with 17 punishments. 16