Subsequently, the Commissioner requested to the Ministry of Justice
concerning the shortcomings found.37
The NPG was engaged in private conversations with those inmates
appealed to the Commissioner and those being treated in the health facility
and had an access to examine the documents during their visit to the
Specialized Medical Institution of the Penitentiary Service.
In the course of the visit again to that facility, the state of ensuring the
prisoners’ rights as well as the documents were examined; moreover, the
inspection of various departments, including of the quarantine cell,
punishment cell, visiting rooms and other establishments, custody condition,
healthcare and parcel services, walking, visitation and the records about
phone calls.
During the visit, NPM presented the suggestions to the health
institution administration for better improvement of custody conditions,
healthcare service and the documents.
NPG members aimed to ascertain facts shown in the applications of the
prisoners received by the Ombudsman and those submitted by International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) country office during the visit to
Medical Institution of the Penitentiary Service.
The visit concluded with a meeting with the head of medical institution,
during which the NPM presented its findings and suggestions for better
improvement of the treatment condition, healthcare service and
documentation in line with national and international laws.
The purpose of the visit of NPG conducted to Correctional Facility in
the frame of National Day of Human Rights was to assess the detention
condition, treatment and the ensuring the juveniles kept there.
Meanwhile, the NPG monitored all establishments within the premises
of the juvenile correctional facility, got familiarized with detention
conditions of juveniles and with the treatment of them.
In the conclusion of the visit, the correctional facility administration
was given suggestions with regard to the improvement of detention
condition and treatment.
In general, the findings within the activities of the Commissioner as an
NPM were eliminated through preventive measures, as well as
Ombudsman’s motions to the Ministry of Justice, which demonstrated
successful practice of cooperation.
Subsequently, it became clear that in the female Jail No. 4, inmates
need to be provided with two physicians-one gynecologist and
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