a guard’s/duty officer’s area – 3 rooms with different purposes (recreation, registration, waiting) room for clerical staff – 1 chief’s office – 1 room for a medical worker – 1 room for inspectors – 1 maintenance room – 2 room for warming up food – 1 shower-room – 1 disinfection room – 1 toilet facilities for staff (a squatting pan and a wash basin) – 1 Recreation, registration and waiting rooms are 3 x 4 sq. m. in size and the ceiling is 2.9 meters high. Cells (rooms) are furnished with necessary furniture which includes tables, chairs, a safe, wall boards, etc. There are bars on the windows. The floors are concrete and covered with fibreboard. According to the assessment by the monitors, the overall condition of rooms for staff members is satisfactory. As reported by the staff, since 2007 the shower-room had not been used for its intended purpose and had been adjusted to serve as temporary abode for the boiler operator who acts as head of the maintenance section. The disinfection room does not work, and therefore, decontamination of newly arrived detainees is not carried out. There is an exercise yard on the premises of the reception centre with a gazebo serving a recreational purpose and two benches. There are no special sports facilities. There is no shed for walks in the rainy weather. In early June 2012, minor repair works were carried out on the second floor of the reception centre. The overall condition of buildings is satisfactory. Reception centre under the Osh Interior Department The reception centre is located ten kilometres away from downtown Osh, in the village of KermeToo, along the road from Osh to Aravan. The premises of the reception centre were erected in 1978 by police officers based on the “ashar” method25. The building is encircled by a fence with barbed wire around the perimeter. The total area of the compound is 456.75 sq. m. Number of cells (rooms) for holding people in custody:  for men – 3  for women – 1  for foreign nationals – 1  for newly arrived persons – 1  for persons with infectious diseases – 1 25 See for details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashar 46 Reception centre under the Osh Interior Department