type gives a future capacity of 830 beds, which will resolve the problem with the overpopulation of the prison. In 2012 the open-type boarding houses "Stroitel" and "Zhitarovo" in the Bourgas prison are overpopulated as well – an average of 3.06 sq. m. per prisoner. 101 prisoners were accommodated in the PBH "Stroitel" and 120 – in PBH "Zhitarovo" during the NPM visit in October 2013. It is appropriate to discuss the expansion of "Zhitarovo" boarding house or the construction of a new boarding house in the area between Sliven, Yambol and Karnobat. Both the CPT and the NPM found the need for urgent measures to be taken to secure bed for each prisoner with a clean mattress, as well as blankets and bed sheets. Ordinary beds or bunk beds in the Bourgas prison are a rare thing. Triple sleeper bunk beds are used almost everywhere. During its visit the NPM has not found prisoners without beds and bed sheets. Ensuring unimpeded access to toilets for all prisoners at all times, including during the night, is also problematic in the prison in Bourgas. The use of buckets should definitely be stopped. This is why the NPM believes that analysis should be made at the level of the Central Directorate "Execution of Sentences" (CD ES) regarding the warder staff needed at night and clear imperative determination of whether the personnel for this activity is secured or not. At the same time the condition of the sanitary units themselves corresponds to the overall condition of the physical assets in the prison – inhuman and degrading conditions. Not all prisoners have access to basic hygiene products and materials to clean the cells. The NPM is of the opinion that this problem may not be resolved without the provision of funds to the CF system. This issue is within the competencies of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance in the process of drafting the budgets for each calendar year. The buildings in Varna prison are also old and depreciated. The prison was built in the period 1928-1929. Both government programmes for the prisons from 2008 and 2012 envisage the construction of a new prison in Varna. A plot of approximately 200 dca in the area of Devnya was found back in 2007. No design work has been assigned to date. The 2008 and 2011 programme envisage the expansion of the open-type boarding house as well. "Razdelna" boarding house was built in 1981 with a capacity 100 prisoners. It is envisaged to transform this boarding house in a closed type, i.e. the boarding house will increase its capacity to approximately 230 prisoners. Assessment has to be made with respect to the transformation of "Razdelna" boarding house into a closed-type boarding house and construction of a new open-type boarding house to the prison in Varna between Rousse, Silistra and Varna. The prison in Bobov Dol exists since April 1956. 600 prisoners were initially placed there. The peak population of the prison included approximately 1 000 prisoners. The capacity with 4 sq. m. is set to 492 prisoners. As at 23 October 2012 496 prisoners were accommodated in the prison corps, 47 of whom accused and defendants and 8 sentenced to life in prison. The 2013 inspection of NPM found that there were 776 prisoners in the prison, of whom 576 in the corps and 200 at "Samoranovo" BH. The living space in the prison corps totals 2 305 sq. m., and that of the boarding house - 800 sq. m. In both locations where prisoners are placed the minimum standard of 4 sq. m. is secured, but one of the prison corridors is not used due to the lack of sufficient number of warders. As 49