CAT/OP/MKD/1/Add.1 57. Regarding the recommendation for maintaining the hygiene of the detainees, the Prison Skopje complies with the provisions of the Rule Book for the enforcement of the measure in prisons departments of the prisons. 58. Prison Skopje undertakes active measures for adapting a prison room that will be equipped with sports facilities that would be available to detainees. 59. Also, according to the prepared Clean Air Movement Plan, all detained persons are provided with a 2 hours period daily outside of their cells. 60. Regarding the conditions for serving the pre-trial and pre-sentence measure in Bitola Prison, during March 2018 an extraordinary expert-instructor supervision was conducted in the Bitola Prison in order to check the conditions in the premises that are designated for serving the pre-trial and pre-sentence measure, after which the Director of the Directorate for Enforcement of Sanctions issued an order to take the said premises out of use, whereby the detained persons shall be sent to other penitentiary institutions. 61. Also, in mid-April 2018, an extraordinary expert-instructor supervision was performed again in the Bitola Prison, and the Director of the Prison Bitola was told that by virtue of the bylaws it is required to allow least 2 hours stay in fresh air, outside of the cells. Within the IPA II, a Framework Agreement for a Project for preparation of project documentation for the renovation of the Bitola Prison financed by the IPA Instrument was signed and it is scheduled to commence in the last quarter of 2018. 62. Regarding the comments that the convicted and detained persons are transported in inadequate vehicles during their escort to the courts and to other penitentiary institutions, in the course of June 2018 a public procurement was conducted by the Directorate for Execution of Sanctions within the Project for “Reconstruction of penitentiary institutions in the Republic of Macedonia” for procurement of escort vehicles, namely 2 vehicles for PCI Idrizovo and 1 vehicle for ECI Tetovo. Е. Detention of sentenced persons 63. Regarding the procedure for complaints by convicted persons, in order to improve the rights of the convicted persons as well as to get familiarized with their rights and opportunities, the Directorate for Execution of Sanctions has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the OSCE in March 2018 for the implementation of a Project “Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Discrimination”. 64. The activities of the abovementioned project include preparation of unified forms for lodging complaints and appeals by convicted persons, as well as information brochures for all PDTL in order to familiarize them with the rights they have during serving a prison sentence. Also, this project foresees an activity to prepare and display information posters in the common areas at the PCI, intended to inform the PDTL of their rights. 65. Regarding the solitary confinement cells at PCI Ship, we would like to notify that according to the existing conditions in the institution we shall insist that only one person stays in the smaller cells, and in the larger cells, two convicted persons – serving a disciplinary measure – referral to solitary confinement. 66. In order to enhance the disciplinary procedure for the sentenced persons, the following activity was envisaged and carried within the Project “Strengthening of protection of the rights of convicted persons”. Two international experts, hired by the Council of Europe carried out a mission (31 Oct.–2 Nov. 2016) to assess the situation regarding the disciplinary procedure and the disciplinary sanctions to PDTL. On the basis of the prepared report on the assessed situation a working group comprised by members of the DES ant the PCI’s along with the international consultants have prepared Draftstatutory stipulations in order to enhance the disciplinary procedure. 67. Acting upon the given recommendation by the international consultants, the following draft amendments have been prepared: 9