6. PROJECT FINDINGS Information received from monitoring group reports allowed to draw some conclusions and reflect in this report the extent to which state authorities abide by their obligation to facilitate access to closed institutions under their jurisdiction, and the conditions under which monitoring groups had to work, including during interviews with persons placed in closed institutions. At the same time, the project team collected materials concerning the compliance with international standards of the treatment of prisoners by relevant authorities, as well as about the necessity of introducing safeguards to increase the respect of their right to freedom from torture and to minimum detention conditions. Some conclusions concerning the legality of detention, compliance with the right to access a defence counsel, issues related to the documentation of torture cases, the provision of legal assistance to victims of torture and their rehabilitation, working conditions of staff members in closed institutions are presented in a separate fashion. 6.1. CONDITIONS IN CLOSED INSTITUTIONS 6.1.1. CONDITIONS IN TEMPORARY DETENTION FACILITIES A significant number of recommendations to state authorities stemming from the findings of the 2011 monitoring report of all TDFs under the MoI in the Kyrgyz Republic were aimed at bringing detention conditions in line with the internationally accepted minimum standards. It is worth mentioning that relevant technical assistance in implementing these recommendations was provided by such international organizations as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the OSCE Centre in Bishkek (and its Field Office in Osh, as well as its “Community Security Initiative” project). In 2012, ICRC helped providing many TDFs under internal affairs bodies with mattress pads, wool blankets, plastic trash bins, hygienic kits (soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes) and electric heaters. The head of the TDF under the Chief Interior Department of Bishkek told monitors that after the last visit of the monitoring group in 2011, as assisted by the ICRC, video-surveillance cameras and new doors were installed, a new electric stove was purchased and a petrol-based generator for producing electricity was purchased. In some TDFs, the OSCE financially supported the refurbishment or capital repair works of some buildings. For instance, in October this year minor renovation took place in the TDF of the Ton region. The cells and rooms were whitewashed to look clean, and a radio was fixed in the hallway. After capital repair works, detention conditions improved substantially in all TDFs in Chuy province, Karakol, Naryn, and the Issyk-Kul, Aktal, Jumgal and Kochkor regions. At the moment the monitoring group was there, repair works were underway in the TDF of the Panfilov region. In every cell of the TDF in the Issyk-Ata region, personal hygiene facilities (a sink and a squatting pan) were installed. Monitors noticed a significant improvement of detention conditions in the TDF of the Uzgen region where the premises had gone through capital repair thanks to support from the OSCE “Community Security Initiative” project financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. 41