penitentiary institutions, and up to 250 persons kept in other establishments, as well as up to 300 staff members. As in previous years, in order to eliminate the deficiencies and shortcomings revealed during the 2014 visits and to improve detention conditions relevant proposals and recommendations were submitted to the administrations of the establishments concerned and to the relevant ministries. The Commissioner was informed about the appropriate measures taken by the state bodies with regard to each recommendation. 2.2.1. Establishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs The measures undertaken for improving current detention conditions in compliance with the modern standards in the temporary detention places of the internal affairs bodies, and for more efficient protection of human rights in these facilities have been continued from the previous year. As each year, the measures were conducted for modernization of the infrastructure, renewing the material-technical basis, improving the material conditions in the TDPs. Alongside with these, relevant measures were undertaken for further improving the treatment of detained persons, elimination of revealed delinquencies and reasons that caused them, the control over the TDPs was strengthened. In order to improve the detention conditions new TDPs have been constructed and given to exploitation in 36 police bodies. Nowadays, the construction of TDPs in Binagadi, Pirallahi, Mingachevir, Yevlakh, Yardimli, Gedebey, Beylagan, Goranboy, Naftalan city and district police bodies. In 2014, 219 scheduled and ad-hoc visits were undertaken to the establishments under the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) by the National Preventive Group. During these visits private conversations were held with 237 detainees, their detention conditions were evaluated, the state of their subjection or not to ill-treatment during detention and/or arrest were investigated. The possibility of subjection to ill-treatment of persons brought to the police bodies in this or other manner was also a matter of evaluation. The visit was carried out in the Research Center of the Struggle Against Illegal Migration Division. The aim of the visit was learning the situation with implementation of the recommendations on detention conditions put forward during the previous visits. At the same time, it was found out that despite functioning of the Research Center of the Struggle against Illegal Migration Division since April 2013, no detainees were there. The visit was paid to the TDP of the Biladjary Line Police Office of Head Police Department in Transport. The aim of the visit was investigation of detention conditions, treatment and appropriate documentation in the TDP. 14