51 The visiting delegation experienced cases when the personnel demonstrated derogatory, disdainful behavior towards the patients. I pointed out that comments on the personnel’s part constituting illtreatment (referring, e.g., to the patients’ perceived or real racial, religious, ethnic background) were unacceptable. I made a recommendation to the Director General of the Hungarian Prison Service and the Chief Medical Director to hold the employees manifesting inappropriate behavior or treatment responsible. 8.2.2. Sátoraljaújhely Strict and Medium Regime Prison163 The institution performs the state-mandated tasks related to pretrial detention, strict and medium regime imprisonment of adult males and the operation of a long-term unit. As a special task, the institution provides the conditions for operating a long-term special unit and a drug prevention unit. At the time of the visit, there were 421 male detainees, including five foreign nationals, held in the institution. Another five detainees were kept at other locations. There were no minors or persons living with disabilities among the detainees. The institution's utilization rate stood at 162%. There were eight prisoners spending their life sentences without the possibility of conditional release. Six of them were held at the long-term special unit (hereinafter the “LTSU”).164 Another eight prisoners were spending similar sentences with the hope of conditional release in the future. Two of them were held at the LTSU. Another 41 of the prisoners were spending sentences of 20, 19, 18, 16, 15, 14, 12, 11 or 10 years of imprisonment. Twenty-six persons were spending their non-final sentence of imprisonment. Another 16 were in pretrial detention. Five persons were residents of the drug prevention unit. There were view-blockers installed on the windows facing the street, which, obstructing natural lighting and ventilation, made staying in the cells intolerable in the summer heat. The situation would be a bit improved after replacing the upper third of the blocker with polycarbonates. View-blockers on the cell windows of the Sátoraljaújhely Strict and Medium Regime Prison Every cell was equipped with a bed and a hand basin. With the exception of the single cells, the cells were furnished with a locker and a small or large table. In the 26 single and two-bed cells, the toilets were separated from the living space only by a partition. I asked the Minister of Interior to ensure that, at least in the two-bed cells, the toilets were separated from the detainee’s living space in a way that would contain noises and odors. Decisions on placing in and releasing from the LTSU are made by the Reception and Detention Committee (hereinafter the “RDC”). Placement has to be reviewed in every three months and Report № AJB-679/2017 Pursuant to Section 105(1) of the Prison Code, „convicts sentenced to life imprisonment or at least fifteen years in prison, whose special treatment and placement in the interest of preparing them for their return or returning them to the community are justified based on their behavior, readiness to cooperate while in prison, attitude towards the regime and security of the institution, may be placed in the long-term special unit (LTSU).” 163 164

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