Report on the Performance of Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2015 Number of visits by NPM in the period from 2012 to 2015 72 7 2012 12 2013 22 2014 2015 Twelve visits to penal institutions were aimed at checking the accommodation conditions, implementation of coercion measures and method of organizing healthcare. We also dealt with the issue of hunger strike. Apart from that, we intensely monitored the refugee crisis, through 26 visits among other ways. This is reported in more detail in the special chapter on refugee crisis. In 2015, we also visited five homes for the elderly and the disabled. Our objective was to determine the level of respect for human rights of the elderly in institutional care. Apart from that, we also visited 27 police stations and detention units in four police administrations and performed an inspection visit of a psychiatric institution. Apart from NPM visits, we educated police officers and employees of the prison system about the authorities of the NPM and the prohibition of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment. Seven workshops for approximately 100 police officers of Police Administration of SplitDalmatia County were held and we took part in two training sessions for approximately 30 employees of the prison system. This way we tried to provide preventive action in human rights education. After the visits of the NPM, we gave 279 written recommendations and warnings, which was 41 more than in the previous year, as well Share of written recommendations and as a series of verbal recommendations warnings by relevant areas in 2015 during the visits to locations affected by the refugee crisis. The biggest number of police recommendations and warnings were 18% home for given following the visits to the prison the system (195). According to received prison elderly system responses, 40% of written 12% 70% recommendations and warnings have been implemented or are pending implementation. Reports on some visits were sent at the end of 2015, so no responses of competent bodies and institutions had been received by the time this Report was written, while additional explanations were requested about the implementation of certain recommendations and warnings. 7