g. Disciplinary isolation According to point 5 of the Execution of Sentences Act by the convicts, the disciplinary isolator represents the room in which the sanction of disciplinary isolation is to be executed, in accordance with the provisions of Art. 246 of the Executive Code. In practice, disciplinary isolators are used, in particular, for: incarceration as a disciplinary measure, pre-trial detention, protective incarceration, incarceration of those who have announced a hunger strike and incarceration of persons with disorders. The People's Advocate understands that due to the lack of other spaces in the penitentiary institutions and other reasoning, the penitentiary institutions identified only this method of incarceration. However, we have to note that the period of incarceration runs for some categories of convicts for years on end, and for others from 5 days to 30 days. Solitary prisoners were observed, who, at first sight, had deviant aspects. We also reiterate the detention of persons in conditions contrary to Article 3 of the ECHR. For example, in the disciplinary isolator of Penitentiary no.11 in Balti (visit from January 2019) the material conditions in solitary confinement reached worrying proportions, incompatible with respect for human dignity, the applicable standards and minimum norms in the matter, likely to subject to stress and hardship which exceed the inevitable level of suffering inherent in detention, with an extremely detrimental effect on the mental, somatic and social health of the isolated person. In the disciplinary isolation of Penitentiary no. 3 in Leova (visit from June 2019) unsatisfactory detention conditions were found in all 11 cells. These are represented by narrow rooms, small windows (which limit the access to daylight), heavy air, increased humidity, electrical wires hanging on the wall and ceiling, unsanitary toilets, deplorable linen, concrete floor, artificial light of a low density and unsanitary blankets211. A similar situation was observed at the isolator of Penitentiary no. 1 in Taraclia, where unsatisfactory detention conditions were found in all the cells of the isolator. These are represented by narrow rooms, unsanitary toilets, concrete floors, broken windows, deplorable linen and unsanitary blankets. Likewise, there was a lack of artificial light and heat212. 211 212 http://ombudsman.md/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Raport_P3_03.07.19.pdf; http://ombudsman.md/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Raport_P1_09.10.19.pdf; 153