demands of the OPCAT and the Constitutional Law on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan the aim of the visit was the investigation of the treatment of detainees and their detention conditions, ensuring the prisoners’ rights, as well we the conduction of the documentation. Within the frames of the visit numerous prisoners, as well as several urged persons were received individually, their appeals were investigated on the spot. During the reception of prisoners their rights, the demands of relevant legislation, the competences of the Ombudsman were explained to them, they were given legal advice on each raised matter. At the end of the visit the discussions were carried out with the administration of the institution on further improvement of detention conditions, medical service, conduction of the documentation in compliance with national and international standards, as well as Internal Discipline Rules of Penitentiary Institutions, the recommendations were put forward with increasing the number of legal awareness events for a service staff. During the next visits, the implementation of recommendations was checked on the spot. The aim of the visit to Medical Institution of the Penitentiary Servicewithin the frames of the activity of the Ombudsman as an NPM upon the demands of the OPCAT and the Constitutional Law on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan was the investigation of the treatment of detainees and their detention conditions, ensuring the prisoners’ rights, as well we the conduction of the documentation. Within the framework of the visit conducted with the participation of doctor – member of the NPG, the arrested persons from different objects of the institution were received, the works carried out on treatment matters, detention conditions with regard the switch to a summer regime, ventilation, nutrition, water supply, medical aid, as well as the status of implementation of recommendations put forward during the previous visits were investigation on the spot. Prisoners did not express dissatisfaction with the detention conditions, treatment by the staff of the institution and the main requests were about improving the quality of medical care. The appeals were raised to the Ministry of Justice and assignments were given to the Medical Department of the organization, preventive measures were taken and appeals were provided. It should be noted that the availability of medical care for prisoners has a broad system of guarantees. According to Code of the Execution of Punishments Article 10.2.5, prisoners have the right to receive medical care 34