Both reception centres were covered by monitoring visits:  reception centre under the Bishkek Chief Interior Department;  reception centre under the Osh Interior Department. Reception centre under the Bishkek Chief Interior Department The premises of the reception centre were built in 1977 and consist of seven buildings enclosed by a tall fence. The buildings include the following rooms: a guard’s room, room for staff members, cells (rooms) for those in detention, toilet facilities, shower-room, garage and a boiler house. Number of cells (rooms): for men – 16, for women – 2, for foreign nationals – 8. A monitoring visit to the reception centre under the Bishkek Chief Interior Department On average, the size of each cell (room) is 3 x 5 meters and the height of the ceiling is 2.95 m. The number of people kept in each cell (room) ranges from seven to seventeen depending on the size of the room. The floors are concrete. The overall state of walls and ceilings is satisfactory. Cells (rooms) are equipped with a wooden trestle bed without bedding. The windows have metal bars on them. There is an air vent installed. Rooms are heated with autonomous stoves. Each cell (room) has a toilet in the form of a squatting pan fenced by a low wall which is around 1 meter tall and a sink with cold tap water. As reported by the staff, there is no water in the tap in summertime due to low pressure. A cell (room) in the reception centre under the Bishkek Chief Interior Department Because of insufficient amount of kitchen utensils, detainees are using common plates and cups which may lead to the contraction of infectious diseases. All windows in the cells (rooms) have bars on them, and in some cells the window glass is broken. Inside the cells (rooms) there is a pungent, unpleasant odour which is a mixture of faeces, sweat and cigarette smoke. Toilet paper and sanitary and hygienic items were not discovered. Since the shower-room is out of order, detainees are not able to follow basic personal hygiene requirements. The disinfection closet is in disrepair. A squatting pan in a cell (room) in the reception centre under the Bishkek Chief Interior Department Number of rooms for staff members of the reception centre and other facilities: 45