cases; it recommends that the Latvian authorities accordingly carry out a comprehensive individual risk assessment on the use of handcufs. Further, the Committee expresses misgivings about the fact that all life-sentenced prisoners at Daugavgrīva Prison were subjected to permanent CCTV surveillance inside their cells and underlines that any decision to impose such surveillance on a particular prisoner should always be based on an individual risk assessment and be reviewed on a regular basis. The Latvian authorities indicate in their response that, in order to ensure a uniform and comprehensive approach to individual risk assessment in respect of life-sentenced prisoners, the Central Prison Administration intends to send an explanatory letter to the two prisons concerned during the frst half of 2014. 70. Another issue addressed by the CPT’s delegation during the visit was the provision of health care to prisoners. It found improvements in certain areas (e.g. supply of medication, access to specialist care, confdentiality during doctor-inmate consultations, etc.) as compared to the situation found during the previous visit and noted positively that there had been an increase in fnancial resources allocated to prison health-care services. That said, a number of defciencies remained to be addressed, notably that relatively expensive medication (such as new-generation neuroleptics and antibiotics) had to be paid for by the prisoners themselves. Further, there could still be signifcant delays in arranging the transfer of inmates to the Prison Hospital. The Committee recommends that the Latvian authorities step up their eforts to further improve the provision of health care to prisoners, while ensuring greater participation of the Ministry of General Report of the CPT, 2013-2014 ► Page 36 Health in this area. In their response, the Latvian authorities provide information on steps taken to implement this recommendation. Reference is also made to the ongoing co-operation between the Ministries of Justice and Health, in particular to a joint draft action plan for the prevention of infectious diseases among prisoners (for 2014-2016). Report and response published in March 2014, CPT/Inf (2014) 5 and CPT/Inf (2014) 6 Report on the periodic visit to Montenegro in February 2013 and response of the Montenegrin authorities (police ill-treatment and fght against impunity, ill-treatment and inter-prisoner violence in prisons, prison health care, social welfare establishments) 71. As had been the case during the 2008 visit, the CPT’s delegation received many allegations of deliberate physical ill-treatment of persons deprived of their liberty by the police. The allegations consisted mainly of slaps, punches, kicks and blows with truncheons which were inficted by police ofcers at the time of questioning with a view to extracting a confession or obtaining information. In some cases, the ill-treatment alleged was of such severity that it could be considered to amount to torture. The CPT calls upon the Montenegrin authorities at the highest level to deliver to police ofcers a clear message that physical ill-treatment is illegal and unprofessional and should be punished accordingly. Further, the CPT stresses the need for the Montenegrin authorities to efectively tackle ill-treatment by police ofcers through a multifaceted approach which aims to change the existing police culture that views ill-treatment as acceptable and to ensure that any allegations of