religion, culture and the nature of their work.Food shall be prepared and served hygienically30. At the end of the visit the discussions were carried out with the head of the institution the recommendations were put forward regarding increasing the number of legal awareness events for service staff. The aim of the visit held by the members of the Ombudsman’s NPG in PI No.7 was investigation of detention conditions and treatment matters, ensuring of detainees’ rights in compliance with the international standards and internal disciplinary rules of PIs, also conduction of relevant documentation. According to national and international standards, during the visit the NPG members visited living area, MSU, quarantine room, penal isolator, meeting places and other objects of the institution, monitored current situation with and documentation on the detention conditions, nutrition, drinking, hot and cold water supply, medical aid, receiving of parcels, walking, meeting and phone conversations, investigated on the spot the measures carried out for implementation of recommendations put forward during the previous visits. In order to investigate the treatment matters tête-à-tête meetings were carried out with the detainees in the visited cells, their appeals were heard, legal advice on the raised issues, the competences of the Ombudsman and legislation demands were explained to each of them.The other prisoners urged with similar requests were given legal advice and explained the Ombudsman’s competences, the relevant measures for ensuring their rights were carried out. At the end of the visit the discussions were carried out with the head of the institution on improvement of detention conditions, medical service, nutrition quality, conduction of documentation in compliance with the national and international standards, as well as Internal Discipline Rules of Penitentiary Institutions, the recommendations were put forward regarding increasing the number of legal awareness events for service staff31. Within the framework of the activity of the Ombudsman as the NPM upon the demands of the OPCAT and the Constitutional Law on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan the visit was held in PI No.9.The aim of the visit was the investigation of the treatment of detainees and their detention conditions, ensuring the prisoners’ rights, as well as the conduction of the documenttation. 30 European Prison Rules, article 22 31 http://azpolitika.info/?p=352418 28