As TDFs are located in the basements of temporary detention facilities in Suzak and Kara-Suu,
fresh air cannot enter into neither the cells or offices, and artificial ventilation does not work
properly. It is very hot and stuffy inside the buildings as a result. Complaints about the absence of
appropriate ventilation were voiced by staff members and detainees in TDFs of the Nooken and
Bazar-Korgon regions as well.
The issue of access to natural daylight remains unresolved in the
Karakol TDF, where there is no glass in all the windows in all
cells, while the light and air penetrate through irons bars with
metal gauze on the windows.
In the majority of TDFs no signs of improvement were observed
as regards the quantity and quality of food provided to detainees.
Exterior of the Toguz-Toro DDI
For instance, detainees held in the Naryn TDF are given only tea
and bread with no hot meals. The management of this TDF, as well as all other TDFs where hot
meals are not provided, explain it by insufficient financing. For example, in the TDF of the Tyup
region only 40 KGS (less than 1 USD) is allocated per each detainee for food.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture pointed out that detention conditions in temporary detention
facilities are far from being consistent with international standards and are tantamount to inhuman
and degrading treatment.24 In his report he mentioned that in order to improve inhuman conditions
in temporary detention facilities a coordinated approach and financing from the state budget will be
required. Furthermore, having admitted that many of the existing problems are caused by a shortage
of resources, he also emphasized that a number of important measures can be adopted that do not
depend on the availability of resources. For instance, such measures can include strong legal and
procedural guarantees and a wider application of non-custodial sanctions for persons charged with
committing petty crimes.
6.1.2.
CONDITIONS IN RECEPTION CENTRES
As was mentioned earlier, despite the fact that in accordance with the applicable legal framework
there should be two separate types of reception centres, in practice both persons of no fixed abode
and those subjected to administrative detention are held in the two reception centres functioning in
the country.
As those placed in these closed institutions are supposed to be held in facilities with different
purposes, and as the procedure and conditions of their detention are governed by different legal
frameworks, the issue of what legal framework governs the management of the two active reception
centres remains relevant.
24
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, para. 78.
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