held with the relevant bodies and the problem will soon be resolved. The Commissioner also urges the MLSPP to take necessary actions to solve the given problem as soon as possible. Problems of the same nature have been observed in PI No.7. As such, the floors of the 8 dormitories intended for convicts of the institution concerned are concrete. Besides, the medical services provided to convicts in the PI have not been organized at a satisfactory level. During interviews conducted with a number of convicts they said that when they applied to the medical unit in connection with their illnesses, they were subjected to bureaucracy, and encountered obstacles in receiving necessary medicines from the Head Doctor. During the conducted investigation it was also revealed that in many cases the doctor’s signature was not affixed in the register of the examination of the meals prepared for convicts. That 2 medical assistant positions were vacant and the dentist, who was sent from PI No.17 to PI No.7 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, was not in the institution on the day of the visit (Thursday) points to the existence of shortcomings in the provision of medical services to convicts. It should be mentioned that though the International Committee of the Red Cross and other organizations that perform monitoring in such establishments have provided recommendations with regard to the poor quality of the medical services provided in the institution, such deficiencies have not been eliminated. The Commissioner has appealed to the MJ in this respect. In the received response it is stated that because a large amount of money is required to cover the floors of the dormitories in PI No.7, these works have been included in the list of current repairs of the PS for the years 2011-2012 and will be implemented subject to the availability of financial resources. The response letter also notes that it has been determined that the Medical-Sanitary Unit of the institution is provided with sufficient quantity of medicines and bandaging materials and only psychotropic medicines are scarce. When checking how convicts are received by the Medical-Sanitary Unit, it has been determined that sometimes the results of the provided medical aid have not been recorded in the outpatient reception register and other medical registers. Because the Medical-Sanitary Unit has not drawn up and agreed with the management of the establishment the schedule of outpatient reception of convicts, the appeals 53