11.2. Detainees in the penitentiary system detainees. It is generally considered that loud and inappropriate speech, cursing, wearing blatantly scant attire or being naked in a place designated for the practice of one’s religion may be offensive. The Institution caused an anomaly related to the rights to freedom of conscience and freedom of religion by letting the staff search the bodies, private parts, and certain body cavities of naked detainees in a place designated for the practice of religion (in the chapel). In my report, I suggested that, in the future, guards should check the detainees’ clothing, body and body cavities somewhere else, not in the chapel. 11.3. Police detention The Holding Facility of the National Bureau of Investigation of the Emergency Response Team of the National Police Headquarters According to Section 39/B, Subsection (3) of the Ombudsman Act, the National Preventive Mechanism “may enter without any restriction the places of detention and other premises of the authority under inquiry.” The written agreement between the National Preventive Mechanism and the National Police Headquarters notwithstanding, the visiting delegation could enter the Holding Facility of the National Bureau of Investigation of the Emergency Response Team of the National Police Headquarters (hereinafter the “Holding Facility of the NBI NPHQ”) only 30 minutes after presenting the letter of authorization and their ID cards. The delayed compliance with the statutory obligation to cooperate and the inadequate preparedness of the institution’s staff hindered the performance of the tasks of the National Preventive Mechanism. At the time of the visit, the 15 cells of the Holding Facility of the NBI NPHQ could accommodate 36 persons. There were nine male detainees, including three Syrian nationals, held there at the time of the visit. Among them, five were in criminal and four in pre-trial detention. There were no juveniles among the detainees. There were no new arrivals during the visit. Information material on the detainees’ rights and obligations and the rules of their detention were available, in addition to Hungarian, in 17 languages. Every detainee gets a copy upon reception. A cell in the Holding Facility of the NBI NPHQ 83

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