Soap and other hygiene products are brought to the IAB TDFs mainly by prisoners’ families. Those detainees whose families are not able to come and pass a parcel, do not have detergents or personal hygiene products. Example: Detained women in the Issyk-Ata District IAB TDF complained about having no opportunity to wash their clothes since there was no water, soap or any containers. Example: Detained women in the Tokmok City IAD TDF complained about having no basic opportunity to observe personal hygiene due to lack of water in the cell. One of the detainees explained: “The head and the staff goof on us and do not allow having any plastic bottles in the cells.” The observers asked the TDF staff about a reason for such a ban, and got a reply “it is prohibited by law.” However, none of them could demonstrate a legal provision prescribing this ban. Example: One of the detained women shared: “I had been asking to bring me hot water to wash myself for two days. Two days later, I got two plastic mayonnaise buckets”.98 Only a broom and a shovel for cleaning the cells are given in the Tokmok City IAB TDF, the Issyk-Ata, Kemin, and Karabuura District IAB TDFs, and the Talas Oblast IAD TDF. Example: from the interview with a detainee: “Sometimes bleach is given. It would be good if they give us soap and toothpaste”.99 Example: from the interview with a detainee: “They do not give us any items for cleaning the cells. We ourselves do cloth from our old clothes and clean the cells”.100 In the course of the monitoring, just one case was revealed in which the cells were cleaned by a cleaning lady – it was in the At-Bashy District IAB TDF. It must be noted that, despite the same financial difficulties faced by all of the TDFs of the country, the staff of the Leilek District IAB TDF and the Sulyukta City IAB TDF try to keep the cells and other rooms clean. Many TDFs face difficulties with tableware. Example: In one of the cells of the Karabuura District IAB TDF not all the prisoners had personal tableware at the time of the monitoring. Tableware in this TDF is stored in the shower room. Example: There are single-use plastic cups and spoons in the Jeti-Oguz District IAB TDF cells, but their number is not enough for all of the detainees in the cells. Example: In one of the cells of the Sokuluk District IAB TDF, where at the time of the visit eight people were detained, there were two tablespoons, three plastic mugs and four plastic cups. Prisoners eat each at a time. l) The possibility to store personal belongings In almost all of the TDFs there are no desks, cabinets, or bed-side tables for storage of personal belongings in the cells. In 38 (80.9%) TDFs, there is no special room, as established by law, to store bedding and personal belongings of suspected or accused persons that are banned for storage in the cells. 98 Monitoring Report No. 5/5-7/О. Monitoring Report No. 10/13-15/3/4.5. 100 Monitoring Report No. 10/13-15/3/3.2. 99 45