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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Enforcement of criminal sanctions act (Zakon o izvrševanju kazenskih sankcij)The prisoner must be allowed to be visited at least twice a week by close family members, a foster carer and a guardian. Other persons may also visit them with the authorisation of the director of the prison. Visits may not be limited to less than one hour. Minors who are not immediate relatives may visit only in the presence of a visitor of legal age. The sentenced person shall be allowed to be visited at their request by a representative who represents them in their affairs and may be visited at his request or on the basis of an assessment by the prison by a member of the professional staff of the competent centre or, if appointed, by a volunteer. The sentenced person must be allowed to correspond with close family members without restriction.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2021Of the recommendations that were not accepted, one, for example, related to the Ravne na Koroškem Police Station, namely to check whether the room on the ground floor of the police station, which is used for interviews, including for the purposes of detainee-attorney interviews, is suitable for conducting any interviews at all. Report details
2022Regarding the three recommendations that were not accepted by the URSIKS General Office, two of the recommendations referred to ZPKZ Ig. The NPM recommended that the possibility of allowing prisoners to use headsets to make video calls via the Skype application, from the point of view of ensuring greater privacy, be considered. The URSIKS General Office explained that they had already considered this possibility, but did not decide to use “shared” headphones for hygiene reasons. In addition, even the use of headphones would not ensure greater privacy in the event that this form of contact was used by two prisoners at the same time. However, if the use of Skype cabins were only allowed to one prisoner individually, the possibility of using such contacts would be halved. Report details