centre at Pejë/Peć will be withdrawn from service as soon as possible. Further, the
authorities indicate that it is their intention to remedy the shortcomings observed
at the High Security Prison by the end of 2016.
As during the previous visits, the delegation gained a generally favourable impression of the regime offered to female and juvenile prisoners (both sentenced and
on remand) at Lipjan/Lipljan Correctional Centre. Further, improvements were
observed regarding the regime offered to sentenced prisoners in the other prisons
visited. However, it is a matter of serious concern that, at Dubrava Prison and the
High Security Prison, as well as in the other detention centres visited, the regime for
remand prisoners remained generally poor. As in 2010, apart from outdoor exercise
(for two to three hours per day), most remand prisoners still remained locked in
their cells for most of the day, with very little to do besides watching TV, reading
and playing board games. In their response, the authorities express their intention
to expand out-of-cell activities for remand and sentenced prisoners in the context
of a “Strategic Plan 2016-2020”.
Overall, the CPT observed a number of improvements regarding the health care
provided to prisoners since the 2010 visit. In addition, the budget for prison health
care has been significantly increased in recent years. Notwithstanding that, Dubrava
Prison and Pejë/Peć Detention Centre were apparently frequently faced with disruptions to the supply of medication. Further, the CPT expresses its serious concern about the inadequate psychiatric care provided to patients suffering from
severe mental disorders in the hospital unit at Dubrava Prison. In their response, the
authorities indicate that steps have been taken by the Prison Health Department
to ensure the timely supply of medication in all prisons. Further, at Dubrava Prison,
a full-time psychologist has been employed and the presence of psychiatrists has
been increased.
51. Conditions at the Forensic Psychiatric Institute at Pristina University Hospital,
which was opened in August 2014, were very good in all respects, and staffing levels
were adequate. Resort to means of restraint (seclusion and mechanical restraint)
was very rare. That said, it is a matter of grave concern that, at the Psychiatric Clinic
at Pristina University Hospital, the relevant legislation governing the involuntary
placement of civil patients in a psychiatric hospital has never been implemented in
practice. Thus, the patients concerned were deprived of important safeguards (for
instance, to have courts involved in the procedure). The CPT calls upon the relevant
authorities to put an end to this unacceptable state of affairs.
Report and response published in September 2016
(CPT/Inf(2016)23 and (CPT/Inf(2016)24)
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