Five or more inmates are accommodated on one couch. For example,
at the time of the research, eight persons were accommodated on one
coach of the 3.67 m x 3 m size in a cell of the Talas Oblast IAD TDF.
There were five people in the cell of the Karabuura District IAB TDF
designed for four people, and just one couch, 3x3 m., for all of them .
Cell in TDF.
It must be noted that in the cells of the Uzgen, Chon-Alai,
Ala-Buka and Bazar-Korgon District IAB TDFs there are
neither beds nor couches. The floors in the cells of these TDFs
were found to be covered with a wood deck along the whole
perimeter, and the prisoners sit, eat and sleep right on the floor.
e) Availability of bedding and bed linen
According to the monitoring findings, legal requirements whereby each
detainee shall be provided with bedding and linens for personal use
during the stay in the TDF are not met, which is a common practice.
In each and every IAB TDF there was no bed linen (duvet covers,
sheets, or pillow cases) at the time of the visit.
The observers noted that the bedding items (blankets, pillows, and
mattresses) are only available in the cells of 25 (53%) IAB TDFs
across the country. But even if available, they are not complete (for
example, there is only one mattress) and their number does not match
the number of those detained in the cell.
In most cases, bedding is brought by families of detainees.
Bedding.
In 13 (52%) IAB TDFs, the observers found that the state of the
bedding was extremely poor - dirty, torn (the Osh City IAD TDF, the
IAB TDFs of cities of Balykchy, Tokmok, Tash-Kumyr, Kara-Kul and
Miluu-Suu, as well the Kara-Suu, Nookat, Suzak, Toktogul, Aksy,
Ala-Buka and Chatkal District IAB TDFs).
Example: The mattresses were given to the Sokuluk District IAB with support from the International
Committee of the Red Cross and “Doctors without Borders”. But there are no blankets or
linens in the TDF.
Example: Two juveniles were sleeping on the same mattress in one cell of the TDFs of Tokmok City
IAB.
Good condition of bedding was observed in the IADT TDF
that was found to have a complete set of mattresses, pillows
and blankets. According to the Head of the TDF, the Railroad
Department provides the TDFs with all of the necessary bedding.
f) Lighting
The monitoring revealed the violations of requirements of national
and international standards for natural and artificial lighting.
Window in TDF.
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