VIII)  Permanently unemployable convicts Specialised blocks for permanently unemployable convicts have been established in 13 prisons; in total, there are 19 such blocks. 78 During 2014 – 2015, I carried out systematic visits in the following four PUC blocks 79: •• a specialised block for imprisonment of permanently unemployable convicts in a minimum security prison (Břeclav 80), •• a specialised block for imprisonment of permanently unemployable convicts in a high security prison (Břeclav 81, Karviná 82, Pardubice 83). The conditions of imprisonment of permanently unemployable convicts received my attention during the systematic visits especially because of the general difficulty of ensuring proper conditions of imprisonment in this group of convicts and with regard to their specific needs following especially from the disabilities of some of the convicts belonging to this group. 1) Obligations of the State following from ECtHR case law A number of requirements concerning PUC imprisonment also follows from Article 3 of the Convention as interpreted by the ECtHR case law. In accordance with established case law, the States must take into regard the specific needs of various groups of persons and adjust the conditions of their detention accordingly. 84 This obligation applies especially to persons with physical disabilities. 85 If national authorities wish to subject a disabled person to long-term imprisonment, they must devote sufficient attention to ensuring adequate conditions for the detention of such a person. 86 With regard to health care provided to prisoners, the ECtHR repeatedly concluded that national authorities are obliged to protect the health of persons deprived of their liberty, where the lack of adequate health care can constitute treatment at variance with Article 3 of the Convention. 87 Health care provided to persons deprived of liberty must, as a rule, be comparable to the quality of care which the governmental authorities ensure to the general population, although this does not mean that each detained person must have access to health care on a level comparable to the best health care facilities outside the prison. 88 Health care must not be limited to attenuating the symptoms of illnesses, but must include a timely and correct diagnosis and a comprehensive treatment plan aimed at relieving the health 78 Cf. RDG No. 71/2013, on remand prisons and categorisation of prisons under the Prison Service of the Czech Republic. 79 As I have already noted, not every prison visited included a PUC block. 80 Holding 11 convicts as of the date of the visit. 81 Holding 48 convicts as of the date of the visit. 82 V době návštěvy 33 odsouzených. 83 Holding 41 convicts as of the date of the visit. 84 See the judgement of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in case Kudła v. Poland of 26 October 2000, no. 30210/96, par. 92-94; and judgements of the European Court of Human Rights in cases Melnītis v. Latvia of 28 February 2012, no. 30779/05, par. 69; Savičs v. Latvia of 27 November 2012, no. 17892/03, par. 130.. 85 86 KMEC, Jiří et al. Evropská úmluva o lidských právech (European Convention on Human Rights). 1. Ed. Prague: C.H. BECK, 2012, p. 423. Cf. further the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights in case Farbtuhs v. Latvia of 2 December 2004, no. 4672/02, par. 56; Jasinskis v. Latvia of 21 December 2010, no. 45744/08, par. 59; and Z. H. v. Hungary of 8 November 2012, no. 28973/11, par. 29. 87 E.g. judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in case Naumenko v. Ukraine of 10 February 2004, no. 42023/98. 88 E.g. judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in case Grishin v. Russia of 15 November 2007, no. 30983/02. /33/