CONTENTS
I.
PERSONS DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY AND THE FUNCTIONING OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE
MECHANISM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
1. PRISON SYSTEM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7
1.1. Complaints filed by persons deprived of their liberty who are in the prison system -------------------------- 7
1.2. Performing NPM tasks in the prison system ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11
1.3. Assessment of state in the prison system ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21
2. POLICE SYSTEM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24
2.1. Protection of citizens’ rights, including persons deprived of their liberty, in treatment by the police -- 24
2.2. Visits to police stations and detention units ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27
2.3. Assessment of the state of respect of rights of persons deprived of their liberty in the police system - 30
3. PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS WHOSE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT HAS BEEN LIMITED-------------------- 31
4. HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35
5. APPLICANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION AND IRREGULAR MIGRANTS --------------------------------------- 37
6. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITIES FOR PERFORMING NPM TASKS ---------------------------------- 48
II.
RECOMMENDATIONS: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49
III.
CONCLUSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52