It is known that applications lodged by individuals detained in prisons, investigation isolators and temporary detentions places shall be sent to the Ombudsman within 24 hours without any censure51. Similar provisions are also set forth in the Law on Ensuring Rights and Freedoms of Individuals at Detention Institutions52and the Penal Execution Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan53as well as Internal Discipline Rules of related institutions. However, some problems in realization of the rights of imprisoned persons their right to communication at penitentiary facilities was also observed in 2017. Such cases are faced both at prisons and investigation isolators. Individuals to their lawyers, authorities controlling over the work of detention facilities and the Ombudsman, and replies obtained from these authorities was violated by censuring them. These issues were raised before the Ministry of Justice and in the reply letter, it was stated that letters sent to the names of prisoners and the letters sent by them were opened by the administration of the detention facilities in order to prevent transfer of prohibited items, and the issue was taken under control. It should be noted that faults were also observed in sending of letters receiving to the address of the detained or arrested persons who left the detention place to the place of residence of the detained or arrested persons within maximum one day by the administrations of the detention facilities and those issued were raised before the detention facilities. Although significant work has been done for improvement of medical and sanitary conditions of prisoners at detention facilities and realization of their right to protection of health, there are still gaps. There is a formal nature of daily control of the health of prisoners at detention facilities and control over the sanitary and epidemiological conditions by the medical staff at the detention facilities, making of corrections in the records kept in relevant logbooks and incompliance of the records of application of special aids with the relevant records kept in the logbooks of the detention facilities. Creating of obstacles for transfer to treatment institutions in some cases, resulting complications from non-operative work in medical examination and treatment, inadequate attitudes towards the prisoners refusing to eat, transferred to penal isolators or to whom special aids were applied were also observed. 51 “The Constituion Law on the Commissioner for Human Rigths (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan (28.12.2001), clause 8.5 52 Law on Guaranteeing of Rights & Freedoms of Individuals at Detention Facilities of the Republic of Azerbaijan (22.05.2012), Clause 18 53 Penal Execution Code of Republic of Azerbaijan (14.07.2000), Clauses 83.2 and 83.5. 63