Among the motions to the respective MIA it were also welcomed the issues of reconstruction of TDPs in Garadag, Gadabay, Shirvan, Hajigabul, Beylagan police stations in line with international standards, improvement of custody conditions, creating and equipment of separate rooms for healthcare, meeting, interrogation and worship, which will lead to the efficient ensuring rights of detainees. In general, in the course of all visits conducted, in accordance with para. 1.4 of the Rules for Safeguarding and Escorting Persons Detained in Temporary Detention Places of Police Bodies, it was revealed that the drawn up acts about custody of persons detained in Binagadi, Garadag and in Yasamal DPO TDPs before the repair, were not stamped and made corrections in dates and hours in the relevant records books; no relevant notes were made in the records book on meetings of persons administratively arrested in Gadabay DPD TDP since November, 2014; persons brought to TDPs from investigation isolators were not medically examined and their personal medical records did not well-documented accordingly; Furthermore, the conditions in Saatli DPD TDP needed to be improved; there was a lack of an appropriate bench in police cell for shortterm (three-hours), which was located in front of the duty station and in general, the condition was not met the standards; in duty stations of Sumgait CPD, dates and hours inside the records book on persons brought to the police custody were subjected to modifications; during the conversation with the police officer on duty, it was also found that the persons brought to the prosecutor as well as from other police stations were not registered, also some TDPs staff was in need to be legally trained. In a year, during the visits conducted to TDPs of Baku and other districts’ police units and departments throughout the country, staff in charge stated that they were not supplied with hygienic cleaning tools and medicines for females and/or males detainees, especially in the regions by the MIA as endorsed in para. 10.7. of the IDR of Temporary Detention Places. Besides, Ombudsman’s hotline posters about prevention of torture in police stations displayed the phone numbers unrelated to the Office. As a consequence, in the frame of the Commissioner’s NPM capacity, the shortcomings revealed during the visits of the NPG members, were solved through preventive measures as well as the Commissioner’s motions to the MIA and positive developments have been achieved. For instance, during the visit conducted to Khazar DPO TDP, it was revealed that there were deficiencies in the relevant documentation; this should be noted that the facility failed to make notes in the records book for persons detained or arrested about the release of one of the detainees out of 27

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