on-time officially in written with regard the investigation. The relevant announcements of the Ombudsman's Hotline Service numbers were monitored and kept in places where it was not. 2.2.1. Institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs As is known, persons who are detained at the first hours of detention are becoming more unaware and there is more risk that the competent authorities and authorized persons responsible for their detention will abuse their authority. That is why, the requirements of national legislation, as well as the position of international organizations is consist of the authorities of the police on detainees should be restricted by appropriate guarantees and special attention must be paid to the protection of the rights of detainees in such places. In 2017, 149 scheduled and ad-hoc visits were conducted to the temporary detention places and police units (PU) within the framework of the activity of the Ombudsman as an NPM. During these visits private conversations were held with 942 detainees; their detention conditions were assessed, the possibility of their subjection or not to ill-treatment during the period of detention or arrest were investigated. Preventive visits and the final recommendations are based on national legislation as well as CAT, SPT, CPT reports and international standards. In 2017, during the visits it was observed that works were carried out taking into account our recommendations to bring the conditions of detention to the standards in the facilities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The visits without prior notification were held by the members of the NPG of the Ombudsman in PUs No.26, 27, 28 and No.29 of Yasamal DPO. The purpose of the visit upon the demands of the OPCAT and the Constitutional Law was investigation of detention conditions and treatment, ensuring the rights of detainees, as well as the revise of conduction the relevant documentation. During the visit, the persons detained in the institution were received individually by the NPG members, their appeals were replied to, they were explained their rights and the competences of the Ombudsman, the documents confirming the legality of detention of those persons, as well as treatment of them and detention conditions were inspected. The cells of the Detention Station were visited, documentation on nutrition, medical aid, walking, meetings, phone conversations, carrying out of cell and parcels was inspected; existing needs were learned as well. During the visit the NPG members received individually the persons detained in the TDP, their rights as well as the competences of the 16