Execution of Penalties and Detention in Custody Act (Закон за изпълнение на наказанията и задържане под стража) | Prisoners, who have committed one of the violations listed in the law, can be punished by placing them in the so-called ‘penal cell’. There are two different types of this punishment: placement in a penal cell for up to 14 days and placement in a penal cell during the non-working or non-studying time, during days-off and during public holidays for up to 14 days in total in the course of up to three months. The placement in a penal cell can be extended to up to 20 days when more than one punishment has been imposed and the prisoner has not served any of them. Prisoners under 18 years of age can be placed in penal cells for up to three days, during which time they are allowed to go to work or to school. To prevent prisoners from escaping, from harming the life or health of others or from committing another criminal offence, inmates can be isolated in the so-called ‘individual cell’ (единична килия). The maximum duration of this measure is two months. Prisoners in individual cells cannot take part in collective activities. |