VІІ. DETENTION FACILITIES WITHIN THE STRUCTURES OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR 1. Detention facilities in the regional police departments The following permanent problems with the detention facilities in the police departments were identified by the NPM team during the inspections carried out: insufficient number of detention premises and poor equipment; overpopulation; lack of enough space; lack of separate sanitary units only for the detained persons; no sufficient access to natural light and adequate artificial lighting, as well as ventilation of the premises; shortage of materials for the cleaning of the premises and maintenance of hygiene. The document reporting at the regional police departments, related to the detentions, is carried out differently. No documentation set by regulation is kept. The practice of the police officers working with the detained persons is different with respect to the actual record of the time when their right to free movement is restricted and the time of their release. Omissions and differences are found in the provision of food, medical services, the regime during the detention and the awareness of the detainees of their rights. Living conditions At most inspected sites the detention facilities have not been separated in accordance with the provisions of art. 5, para 1 of Instruction No ІЗ-1711 regarding the equipment of the premises for accommodation of detained persons within the structures of the Ministry of Interior and the order therein (the Instruction). The detention facilities in many of them are not sufficient in view of the number of detained persons. The facilities are overpopulated. For example, in some police departments in 2 separate detention facilities 8-10 people are detained on a daily basis (the detention facilities in the building of District Police Directorate (DPD of MI) – Kyustendil, Regional Police Department (RPD) – Pazardzhik, DPD of MI – Varna, DPD of MI Bourgas, DPD of MI - Plovdiv). At many of the inspected sites the buildings have premises available, which were used in prior periods as investigation arrest facilities, and the management and possession of which were then transferred to the MI. Some of them have been reconstructed and are used to accommodate detained persons, as the case is in RPD – Sliven, 1 RPD – Varna, RDP – Samokov, RPD – Dimitrovgrand, RPD – Haskovo, RPD - Smolyan. NPM found only several newly built facilities which meet all standards and regulatory requirements. These are 2 RPD – Stara Zagora, RPD - Bansko. The building of 5 RPD – Bourgas accommodates united arrest section, including convoy service for 24-hour police detention and a Home for Temporary Accommodation of People of Full Legal Age and Sobering-up Facility. The NPM team found sites with ready designs for reconstruction of the closed investigation arrests into detention facilities, which have been delayed due to lack of 33