enhancement of the discipline, the control over the places of custody and penitentiaries was strengthened. As a result of measures realized in 2014, consistent work was undertaken in the sphere of improvement of the penitentiary service, protection of the rights of convicted and detained persons and improving detention conditions according to international standards, the measures in the direction of modernization, strengthening the material-technical basis of penitentiary infrastructure were continued. Considering the difficulties may arise in detention conditions of inmates due to very cold weather during winter months, as well as very hot weather during summer season, the Commissioner appealed to the Penitentiary Service with recommendation to keep under serious attention the issues of ventilation the dormitories of penitentiaries, provision of inmates with drinking water. Considering the recommendations, concerning measures were undertaken for bettering the ventilation of dormitories of penitentiary institutions, including cells in punishment isolators in summer and winter months and uninterrupted provision of inmates with drinking water, short-period interruptions in water-provision of institutions were solved operatively by appropriate service facilities. There were sent immediate appeals to the Prosecutor General with regard received information on rude treatment and subjection to violence, in required cases forensic medical examination was carried out. This should be noted that, in 2014, no criminal cases were initiated with the article 293 of the Criminal Code (Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment that is not torture). The Commissioner conducted the visit to Sheki Penitentiary Complex. Sheki Penitentiary Complex consists of 6 buildings 4 of which are threestoried, one is two-storied and one is one-storied, the complex is considered for detention of 900 persons (751 of convicted persons, 149 persons under investigation). There was found out that in the complex there were working 200 staff members, as well as 413 convicted persons (166 of them in the strict regime, 185 convicted persons- common strict regime, 62 convicted persons in housing brigades), the sanitarian situation of the institution was checked out according to the agreement signed with Sanitarian Epidemiological Station. During the visit the Commissioner also observed the situation in the cells of investigation isolators, penal isolator, medical-sanitarian unit, housing building, library, kitchen, laundry. During the visit to medical – sanitarian unit the Commissioner interested with level of the ways of rendering the medical service to persons with diseases. It was observed that in the medical sanitarian unit there are 8 bed places for women and 26 bed places for men, provision with medicine is at the high level. Besides, the kitchen, library, laundry were visited, convicted A.N. detained in the penal isolator was received and the conversation was held with him. 25