ANNUAL REPORT OF NPM 2019 _______________________________________________________________________________________ period, has noted that prisoners are provided food in line with the recommendation of physicians, except in specific cases where there was a temporary lack of such food. During the follow-up visit to CCD, NPM has noted that its recommendation to supply the CCD's kitchen with adequate appliances according to needs assessment was not implemented. Moreover, during this visit, it also noted that the kitchen staff did not have work uniforms. Through the recommendation letter on findings during the follow-up visit to CCD, the NPM has recommended that the kitchen be equipped with adequate appliances for work and that kitchen staff be equipped with work uniforms.43 Overcrowding During the reporting period, the NPM has noted that overcrowding is not a problem for the correctional and detention centres. Moreover, there is sufficient unused space at the Detention Centres in Prishtina and in Gjilan and in the HSP, due to the lack of inventory and correctional personnel to accommodate a large number of prisoners. In rare cases, it has been noted an extremely symbolic overpopulation in periods of renovations in certain blocks but which has been eliminated without much delay. Regime Through the reports with recommendation, the NPM has recommended the competent authorities that efforts need to be made in order to include as many prisoners as possible in work, education, training sessions, and other meaningful activities so that the most successful re-socialization of prisoners is achieved. During the reporting period, the NPM has noted improvements in the regime of the correctional centres. During the visit to the CCS, the NPM has noted that 75 convicts, in general, have been engaged in work. The convicts are engaged in cleaning, kitchen work and certain maintenance of the facility. The work engagement is significantly increased during the summer as the CCS owns greenhouses where vegetables are cultivated and there are areas of agricultural land within the perimeter of the prison where different crops are cultivated as well. Through the report with recommendations on the visit to the CCS, the NPM has recommended to the competent authorities to take actions for functionalization of workshops available to this centre so that the prisoners can benefit from the opportunity for vocational training sessions. On 24 July 2019, the Directorate of CCS informed the NPM that the auto mechanic and welding workshops were fully operational and the professional staff together, with a group of prisoners, were servicing vehicles within the KCS. Moreover, the Directorate informed the NPM that efforts are being made to engage professional officers in holding the welding workshop. On 20 November 2019, the KCS published a notice emphasizing that seven convicted persons accommodated in CCS have started to work outside this correctional institution upon the approval of the Administrative Instruction on the Work of Prisoners Outside the Correctional Institution.44 43 NPM, Recommendation letter on the follow-up visit to CCD. See at: https://www.oik-rks.org/en/2019/12/17/recommendationletter-dubrava-correctional-centre/. 44 For more information, see at: https://shkk.rks-gov.net/al/lajmi_single/2757 20