Recommendations to the Ministry of Justice 1. Implementation of appropriate registration journals and documentation in penitentiary institutions which is envisaged by the Internal Disciplinary Regulations, elimination of deficiencies, strengthening of control over the process of documentation and initiation; 2. In the Instruction on the Security Measures and Implementation Rules in the Penitentiary System of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the duration, limits and bases of the application of special remedies should be improved as a last resort for compliance with the UN Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the European Penal Code and the CPT and SPT Recommendations; 3. Extension of the Probation Service of the Ministry of Justice with the purpose of effective control over the execution of punishments not related to isolation from society and increasing the effectiveness of governance in this area; 4. Strengthening the measures in elimination of overcrowding in penitentiary institutions and investigation isolators; 5. speeding up building of women’s prison that is under construction in Zabrat settlement of Baku city, also of juvenile correctional institution, of prison located in Umbaki settlement, the penitentiary complexes in Ganja and Lenkeran cities; 6. improving the relevant infrastructure taking into account the overcrowding and unsatisfactory conditions in train coaches considered for escort of detainees from penitentiary institutions to temporary detention places and vice versa; 7. Considering as an incentive measure, due to number of reasons the relatives of detainees cannot meet with them, using Skype's facilities to connect with the experience of foreign countries (Poland); 8. improvement of the work in the field of sending them the letters at least in 1 day of apprehended or detained persons to their place of residence by the administration of the place of detention; 9. Increasing the measures in observing the demands of confidentiality of private correspondence and applications of persons detained in the institutions of the Penitentiary Service; 10. Improving the activities in realization of secondary and vocational education for prisoners and supporting its re-organization; 11. Within the framework of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated February 10, 2017 "On the Enhancement of the Application of Alternative Punishment and Procedural Compulsory Measures Not Related to Implementation of Penitentiary Activity, Humanization of Criminal Policy and Community Exclusion", improve activities on organization of modern psychological and social services in penitentiary institutions, rehabilitation of persons deprived of their liberty for a certain period and for life-time, as well as 80