For positive activities and participation in the events implemented during the year, 376 inmates received 569 rewards. The most commonly applied reward – 243 times, was the written notice of good behaviour. In 92 cases an extra food supply was offered, followed by extended visitation up to 4 hours – 66 times. The inmates who were granted home leave from 2 to 5 days numbered 16 for 2 days and 53 cases for 5 days leave. A 12-hour leave outside an open-type prison hostel was provided in 57 cases. The programme for preparation for life in freedom covers 179 inmates in individual form of work and 37 in group form of work. Early released on parole were 66 inmates, including 39 inmates with probation measures. In this regard, the penitentiary administration of Lovech Prison was assisted by employees of the social assistance and employment offices and by NSIF. The NPM highly appreciates the interaction among those institutions. The Lovech Prison has in place and operates the 12-grade Secondary School “Dimitar Mitev” with a training centre in Pleven Prison. 202 students enrolled in the academic 2018/2019 year (total with the training centres). At the time of the inspection in 2019 the students of the school within Lovech Prison and its training centres in the cities of Pleven and Belene numbered 232 inmates. In the student groups and in Atlant PH there are groups for art amateur activities and an arts club. They are at the basis of different amateur programmes. The programmes include various performances of the participants, including theatre projects, sketches, recitals, music and entertainment and dance programmes. Three educational programmes are implemented in Atlant PH – horticulture, premed care, and literacy. In addition to the individual form of work in Lovech Prison, six specialised correctional progrmames are being applied. In 2018, 19 group forms of work were implemented as follows: thinking skills – 7 groups; active behaviour on the labour market – 3 groups; driving drunk – 1 group; a short-term programme for work with drug addicts – 2 programmes; anger control – 1 group; work with low intellect persons – 4 groups. The assessment of the NPM team is that the quantity of basic and additional programmes is diverse, but the percentage of inmates participating in them is small and the workload of the inspectors dealing with social work and correctional activities (SWCA) is high. As regards the use of force and restraining means in 2019, the NPM did not receive any complaints by inmates. b) Medical assistance The prison’s Medical Centre has been relocated from the main prison building to the Lovech Specialised Hospital for Active Treatment of People Deprived of Their Liberty (SHATPDL), which is located in the yard of the prison. The NPM assesses this as a positive step of the prison’s administration to improve labour conditions of the medical staff and to ensure better medical care to inmates. The MC in-patient care occupies one wing of the pulmonary diseases ward of the hospital. The MC has one doctor and two medical auxiliaries, a janitor who is deprived of liberty. A dental practitioner is provided through RHI and the regional professional organization of dentists. The director of the prison stated certain reserves about the work of the dental practitioner and insisted before RHI and the regional professional organization of dentists to restore the dental care service by means of a mobile team from St. Pantaleymon Medical Center of Pleven. The director of the MC announced that prevention checks are pending. The NPM recommends to DGEP to ensure budget funds for conducting voluntary AIDS/HIV tests 17