13.1. Media
annual 4,200 detainees are kept at the Central Holding Facility, at the time of
the NPM’s visit, the jail was “dark, stuffy and full of insects”, one of the female
cells could not be ventilated, lighting was not adequate, the detainees could
only reach the toilet after waiting for 15-20 minutes, their days were boring,
and their relatives were also notified in an inappropriate way.277
The article on the NPM report on the visit to the Nagymágocs Castle
Home of the Aranysziget [Golden Isle] Integrated Retirement Home of
Csongrád County reports that there is such a room at the Institute where
the elderly resident can only get to his own bed by jumping over his roommate’s bed, verbal abuse is common among the residents but physical abuse
has also occurred, and some residents have committed suicide. The article
also mentions the changes that took place at the Institution after the publication of the NPM’s report.278
13.2.
Dissemination
Purposeful dissemination is an obligation of the NPM. Educating the professionals of the future is an efficient means of disseminating knowledge.
The staff members of the Department perform educational tasks in domestic higher education institutions, deliver lectures, and publish articles in
professional periodicals.
13.2.1. Publications
• Gergely Fliegauf: Peace of Mind in Prison. In: Pannonhalmi Szemle, issue
XXVI/1, pp. 49–59.
• Gergely Fliegauf: On-site experience gained from the OPCAT NPM inquiries,
social science methodological issues, assessment of the visits (debriefing). In:
László Székely – Lóránt Csink (eds.): „Ha majd a jognak asztalánál Mind
egyaránt foglal helyet…” (“When all men have an equal station at the
table of justice – quotation from a poem of 19th century Hungarian poet
Sándor Petôfi): Studies for the 70th anniversary of the proclamation of the
United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, pp. 25–40.
277
278
Népszava.hu, Tamás Lôrincz: Rémes körülmények a Gyorskocsi utcai fogdában (Horrible Conditions at the Gyorskocsi utca Jail), [appearance: February 12, 2018] https://nepszava.hu/1152561_
remes-korulmenyek-a-gyorskocsi-utcai-fogdaban [downloaded on: February 26, 2019]
Délmagyar.hu, Erika Kovács: Ombudsmani vizsgálat a kastélyotthonban – Bántalmaztak
is a nagymágocsi intézményben, (Ombudsman’s Inquiry at the Castle Home – Violence at
the Nagymágocs Institute) [appearance: September 12, 2018] https://www.delmagyar.hu/
szentes_hirek/ombudsmani_vizsgalat_a_kastelyotthonban_-_bantalmaztak_is_a_nagymagocsi_intezmenyben/2572980/ [downloaded on: March 11, 2019]
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