Buckets or pots for needs of nature are installed in in the cells of 23 (48.9%) TDFs. That said, in those cells
where there is a tank (bucket) with drinking water, it is located in the corner of the cell right on the floor next
to the bucket for needs of nature.
For example, there are 10-liter plastic buckets for needs of nature in the cells of the Tyup District IAB TDF.
In the cells of Tash-Kumyr and Kara-Kul city IAB TDFs, as well as Toktogul, Aksy, Ala-Buka, and Chatkal
District IAB TDFs, detainees use buckets (made of zinc or plastic and with the capacity of 6 to 10 litres) that
have covers for their needs of nature. Detainees empty the buckets twice a day themselves. It must be noted that
this is their responsibility as per par. 3.2 of the Internal Regulations.
The prisoners in the cells of the Djail District IAB TDF cover the buckets for needs of nature with plastic bags
to prevent the spread of the foul-smelling odor.
There are even no buckets for needs of nature in the cells of the Kemin District IAB TDF, and at the time of
the monitoring, there were plastic bottles filled with urine and a bowl for garbage on the floor in the corner of
the cell.
Under the case of Nikolay Starokadomsky v. Russian Federation, the European Court of Human Rights
recognized the fact of the violation of the right to freedom from cruel and inhuman treatment based on the
report stating that the cells, in which the claimant had been held, had no partitions between a toilet and a living
area. 96
Thus, the monitoring findings suggest that the majority of toilets located inside of TDF buildings and on
the territory of the institutions do not meet any, even minimum, standards for conditions of detention, and
satisfaction of needs of nature in such conditions (in front of everyone and given no opportunity to use water or
hygiene) is inhuman and degrading treatment.
j) Shower cabins
The monitoring revealed that the detainees of IAB TDFs do not have any possibility to observe good personal
hygiene due to lack or malfunction of shower cabins or because of no hot water available.
Example: There is no shower room in the Moscow District
IAB TDF, and there are no taps with running water
in the cells. The detainees of this institution had
no opportunity to wash themselves, even though
the air temperature in the cells at the time of the
monitoring reached 32 degrees.
Example: When asked how often prisoners could take
showers, the head of one of the TDFs said: “Twice
a day every day – in the morning and in the
evening.” At the same time, the observers noted
that the shower is located in the exercise yard and
it is a summer version with the tank fixed on top of
the shower cabin (the monitoring was conducted in
November) and with no hot water. One could take
the advantage of such a shower only in summer. 97
In most cases (41.9%), in the warm season, the TDF detainees take a
cold water shower in the exercise yard.
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Shower room inside
TDF building.
Decision of the European Court of Human Rights under the case of Starokadomsky v. Russian Federation. Complaint No. 42239/02. Strasbourg, 31
July 2008
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Monitoring Report No. 6/4-8-10-11/ИП/1.
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