The Ombudsman urged the Prosecutor General respectively regarding
the solution of the abovementioned cases and received applications.The
detained persons did not expressed dissatisfaction on the conditions in the
institution and treatment by the staff.
At the end of the visit the NPG members gave relevant
recommendations to the Head of the institution on improvement of the
detention conditions and treatment issues.
The visit to Sumgait City Police Office PU No. 3 and 4 have been
aimed to investigate the issue of the rights of detainees. During the visit
Sumgait City Police Office PU No. 3 there was not any detainee in the
police station. During the visit service rooms were monitored, and the unit
administration was given recommendations on elimination of such cases;
the legal awareness conversations were held with the staff members on
efficient ensuring the rights of citizens when inviting to the unit, also as
suspected persons.
During the visit Sumgait City Police Office PU No. 4 the individual
conversations were held by the NPG members with the one of the detainees
A.I. The detained person mentioned that he had just been brought to police
office and he did not express dissatisfaction on the conditions in the
institution and treatment by the staff.
Within the framework of the activity of the Ombudsman as an NPM the
visit was conducted to the TDP of Oghuz DPD. The aim of the visit to TDP
of Oghuz DPDwastoconfirm the documents the legality of custody of the
detainees and their detention conditions, as well as treatment conditions
were investigated. The detainees received individually and they did not
express dissatisfaction with the detention conditions and treatment.
During the visit to the TDP of Oghuz DPD it was revealed that
relevantrecordshad been made incorrectly, insufficiencies were allowed.
From this standpoint the head of the institution was given recommendations
by the NPG members regarding theimprovement of the detention conditions
and treatment issues, the discussions were conducted upon the mentioned
matters.
As it is envisaged in the CPT reports, this is important that the
fundamental safeguards granted to persons in police custody would be
reinforced (and the work of police officers quite possibly facilitated) if a
single and comprehensive custody record were to exist for each person
detained, on which would be recorded all aspects of his custody and action
taken regarding them (when deprived of liberty and reasons for that
measure; when told of rights; signs of injury, mental illness, etc; when next
of kin/consulate and lawyer contacted and when visited by them; when
offered food; when interrogated; when transferred or released, etc.). For
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