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Allegations transmitted
Government Response
bedding. The listed establishments are fitted
with the necessary sanitary facilities and other
amenities to meet all the needs of the
detainees. The health and hygiene conditions
and utilities in facilities of the criminal
corrections system are regularly checked, at
least once every quarter, by public health
officials. The public health situation in
detention facilities is stable and regularly
monitored. During 2006, there were no
outbreaks of infectious diseases. The
tuberculosis infection rate is steadily dropping:
according to final figures for 2005, there were
406 cases per 100,000 detainees, representing
a 35 per cent drop from the 2004 levels.
Figures for the first six months of 2006 show
the downward trend in infections continuing. In
2005, tuberculosis infection rates dropped in all
establishments listed by the Special
Rapporteur: they dropped by 52 per cent in
correctional colony No. 11, by 68 per cent in
correctional colony No. 17, by 45 per cent in
correctional colony No. 19 and by 89 per cent
in correctional colony No. 20. In the pretrial
detention centres and the compulsory
rehabilitation centres a large proportion of
tuberculosis sufferers are found to be already
infected when they are admitted to the
facilities. There are no cases of detainees
infected with an active form of tuberculosis
being held together with healthy detainees.
Where there is any suspicion that detainees
may be infected with tuberculosis, they are
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