Condition of PDF buildings and number of detainees
All three PDFs covered by monitoring visits are located in the buildings of old compounds. For
instance, there is one security section in the building of PDF No. 25 that was built as long ago as in
1890. Minor repair works were carried out in this building in the fall of 2011.
At the present time, the food unit building in PDF No. 24 that was built in 1962 requires a capital
overhaul.
The premises of PDF No. 23 are approximately one hundred years old. One of the buildings in this
facility is dilapidated and needs to be demolished. This year, with support by the OSCE Centre in
Bishkek, repair works were carried out in the boiler house and in the exercise yard.
Table 8.
Capacity of pre-trial detention facilities
Capacity (number of people)
PDF No. 23
Karakol
PDF No. 24
Naryn
PDF No. 25
Osh
142
40
390
Although PDF No. 25 can accommodate only 390 people, at the moment of monitoring visits there
were more than 450 detainees there.
Number, overall condition and equipment in cells
Number of cells:
PDF No. 23 – 19,
PDF No. 24 – 13,
PDF No. 25 – 29.
The overall condition of walls, floors and ceilings in the cells of those pre-trial detention facilities
that were covered by the monitoring can be considered, by and large, as adequate.
Repair works were carried out and plastic windows were installed in PDF No. 24 (Naryn), while the
cells are clean and toilet facilities are in a working order. Four cells have wooden floors and other
cells have concrete floors.
European-style renovation was carried out in some cells of PDF No. 23 in Karakol, while the floors
were tiled and plastic windows were installed.
Two-tier beds were installed in the cells of PDF No. 25. Almost in all cells the floors are concrete.
Almost all cells need to be renovated.
As was revealed in the course of monitoring visits, no single cell in any of the three PDFs covered
by the study was equipped in accordance with the provisions of national legislation and minimum
international standards. For instance, despite the availability of mattress pads and blankets received
as part of humanitarian assistance from the ICRC in August 2012, bedding (pillow-cases and bed
sheets) is missing in all PDFs. As reported by detainees, they receive bedding from home.
However, all detainees have their own individual place for sleeping. The majority of cells have
tables, benches (some cells have sofas), food storage closets, coat hangers, mirrors, trash bins, TV
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