According to the TDF staff, in some TDFs it is very cold in winter due to low efficiency of the
heating system (for example, in the Nookat, Batken, Leilek, and Sokuluk District IAB TDFs.).
At the time of the monitoring of the Talas City IAD TDF, it was very cold in the cells, because heating was not
switched on yet. Almost all of the persons in the TDF were chilled.
i) Sanitary installations
The monitoring findings showed that respect for the prisoners’ right to the possibility of meeting their needs of
nature when necessary in a clean and decent manner fails to be ensured in the majority of cases.
The WCs in the cells are installed in only 10 (21.3%) TDFs including the Bishkek City IAD TDF, the Talas
Oblast IAD TDF, the Osh, Karakol, and Sulukta City IAB TDFs, the Karabuura, Kochkor, and other District
IAB TDFs. However, the availability of toilets in the cells does not always mean the possibility of using
them.
Example: The Moscow District IAB TDF toilet bowls are
installed in each cell, but they are inoperative,
as there is no water supply hose. Inmates collect
water in buckets, but it is not always enough for
flushing.
Example: The toilet bowls were installed in the cells of the
Karakol City IAB TDF, but no water for washing
is available. Prisoners use plastic water bottles for
these purposes.
Sanitary installations in TDF.
The serious problem for the IAB TDFs is that of no central sewage
system. For example, the WC in the Sokuluk District IAB TDF is in
good condition and consists of six separate cabins, renovated with the
support from OSCE. However, due to lack of sanitation in the cells,
prisoners are taken out to the toilet room twice a day, mornings and
evenings, for their needs of nature.
The satisfactory conditions for the needs of nature are provided in the
Osh and Mailuu-Suu City IAD TDFs, where the cells have operative
toilet bowls and a tap with running water. The same conditions have
been created in the Sulukta cityDistrict IAB TDF, where there is a
toilet connected to the sewage system and a sink with running water.
In some TDFs the toilet is located inside the TDF building (the Naryn
City IAB TDF, for example).
Buckets for needs.
In 37 (78.7%) IAB TDFs, there is no WC. The prisoners are taken out to the toilet room, which
is located in the recreational yard or in the building of the TDF, twice a day, morning and
evening, and at other times they are forced to use buckets set in the cells for their needs of nature.
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