Table of contents
1.
Review of the National Preventive Mechanism Activities .................................................................... 6
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 6
Preventive visits ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Drafted/Published Reports ....................................................................................................................... 7
Excercising the mandate of the National Preventive Mechanism without obstacles – assessment tool 8
Assessment of the Implementation of Recommendation ...................................................................... 14
Dialogue with International Partners...................................................................................................... 16
Relations with the Public ........................................................................................................................ 18
Relations with NGOs and donor organizations ....................................................................................... 19
Working Methodology ............................................................................................................................ 20
Employee Education ............................................................................................................................... 21
2. Penitentiary System ................................................................................................................................ 22
2.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 22
2.2. The Status of recommendation implementation ............................................................................ 23
2.3. Protection from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ......... 32
2.3.1. Violence..................................................................................................................................... 32
2.3.2. A practice that equates to ill-treatment ................................................................................... 35
2.3.3. Risk factors causing the ill-treatment ....................................................................................... 40
2.3.4. Deficiencies in detecting and documenting ill-treatment ........................................................ 46
2.4. Epidemiological conditions .............................................................................................................. 48
2.5. Penitentiary Health Care .................................................................................................................. 52
2.6. Contact with the outside world ....................................................................................................... 55
2.7. Conditions of Imprisonment ............................................................................................................ 59
2.7.1. Physical environment ................................................................................................................ 59
2.7.2. Daily schedule and rehabilitation activities .............................................................................. 60
2.8. Vulnerable categories of persons .................................................................................................... 62
2.8.1. Juveniles .................................................................................................................................... 62
2.8.2. Foreign nationals and persons without citizenship .................................................................. 68
2.8.3. Convicts sentenced to life imprisonment ................................................................................. 70
3. Ministry of Internal Affairs ...................................................................................................................... 81
3.1. Monitoring methodology ................................................................................................................. 81
3.2. The Status of recommendation implementation ............................................................................ 82
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