2014-2015 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE
gion is not ensured; appropriate conditions
are not created for cooking; inmates are given
dirty cutlery.
not use their courtyard for taking a walk; a
courtyard intended for taking a walk which
is assigned to a penalty isolation cell is small
and dark.
7. Regarding provision of health care services
– Medical case histories do not have entries
confirming consent and signatures concerning health check-ups; the number of positions
of the staff working in the Health Care Service
does not correspond with the number of positions provided for in legal acts; due to vacant
positions or part-time employees the Health
Care Service may not be able to provide all envisaged health care services; personal health
care services are not always available during
the night; complaints regarding provision of
dental care services are not sufficiently taken
into consideration.
3. Regarding the environment and privacy – Institutions’ entrances to premises and premises
themselves are not fully adapted to the disabled; rubber bats openly carried by security
officers do not create a psychological climate
suitable for the staff and inmates.
4. Regarding detention and hygiene conditions – The minimum living space per person
provided for in legal acts is not ensured; newly
arrived inmates are temporarily kept in cells
smaller than 2 m²; conditions in quarantine
premises are to be considered as below human dignity; there is mould on the walls and
the ceiling; there is no appropriate lighting;
cleanness is not ensured in sanitary units,
privacy is not ensured when using a bidet;
mechanisms of sanitary units did not function
or were damaged; conditions are not provided
for inmates to wash themselves after work.
8. Regarding provision of information and
examination of appeals – Inmates are not appropriately familiarized with their rights and
obligations; proper conditions are not created
for submission of appeals to the administration of an institution.
9. Regarding special rights – There is no possibility to cover the expenses of third parties
for transportation of spouses, both of which
are serving a sentence of imprisonment, to a
correction house where a long-term meeting
will take place and back.
5. Regarding material and domestic supplies
– Worn-out, damaged furniture; sufficient
amount of hard inventory is not ensured;
conditions are not provided to keep clothes
and other personal items; worn-out floors;
poor condition of soft inventory: stained,
visually dirty, torn mattresses and blankets;
when a person is moved from a remand prison
to a correction house, he/she is not given the
necessary personal hygiene means.
10. Regarding employment, leisure activities and
implementation of social rehabilitation – The
right to work of the disabled is not ensured;
there is a lack of jobs; inmates lack leisure activities out of cells/residential premises; there
is a lack of programmes for the development
of maternity skills; women inmates are not
6. Regarding organization of nutrition and conditions for cooking – Nutrition of adequate
value and in conformity with professed reli-
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