This should be noted that the Penitentiary Institutions No.8, 12, 13 and
No.14 are threat for lives of the inmates and the staff members of the institutions
due to the ecologic reasons as they are situated between the rock quarries in
Garadagh district.
The visit was carried out to the Penitentiary Institution No.14 with the aim
of investigation of the detention conditions, treatment of inmates and of the
situation with implementation of the recommendations given during the previous
visits.
All objects of the institution were visited, including dormitory buildings,
penal isolators, medical – sanitarian units, meetings rooms, club, canteen, kitchen,
bath, up to 50 inmates were received in an individual manner, necessary
documents and registration books were revised.
During the visit to the Medical – Sanitarian Unit of the PI the conversation
was held with 10 ill inmates, all wards, manipulation room, dentist’s room were
visited, and medical registration book was revised. During the review of the book
of registration of the injuries it was detected that 26 persons urged with different
types of injuries in 2014, and they were rendered appropriate medical aid.
Generally, up to 50 inmates, including the inmates from the penal isolator
and medical sanitarian unit were received in a confidential manner, their
documents were reviewed, their rights and the competences of the Ombudsman
were explained to them. The inmates made no complaints on detention conditions,
treatment by the staff, nutrition and medical aid rendered to them.
This should be mentioned that several recommendations put forward during
the previous visits to this institution were taken into consideration. Thus, capital
repairing works were carried out in the canteen of the institution, the wooden
windows there were replaced with the modern type plastic ones, the ceiling of the
canteen was covered with the plastic (lambir) meeting the modern standards, the
floor was covered with ceramic coating. In order of more efficient organization of
leisure time of inmates, the football square was covered with artificial green
coating, a billiard – hall with two billiard tables was built and put into
exploitation, for solution of the housing problems of the inmates a device for
drying the clothes of inmates was installed in the laundry, the phone lines were
replaced with new electronic APSs, the phone numbers were increased from 1 to
4, new books in the Latin alphabet were brought to the library of the institution
and e-library of 135 books was installed as well. There was given information that
the library of the institution owns about 5300 books in total. Soft and modern
seats were bought to the club considered for inmates and they are to be installed
after conclusion of capital repairing works.
Besides all these, it was also found out that there were some problems in the
institution. Thus, during investigation of the detention conditions it was found out
that there are intervals in water supply and the water pressure is very low. The
Commissioner urged to the “Azersu” OJSC with this issue.
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