PART IV
PART III
PART II
PART I
CHANCELLOR OF JUSTICE AS NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM
II.
PREVENTION OF ILL-TREATMENT IN PLACES OF DETENTION
1.
Police detention facilities
In 2013, the Chancellor carried out regular inspection visits to detention chambers of police
detention centres of public order bureaus of prefectures of the Police and Border Guard
Board (PBGB). In addition, the Chancellor focused on rooms used for short-term detention of
individuals within the area of administration of the East and South Prefectures of the PBGB
and analysed death cases of individuals detained in the police detention centres of the PBGB.
The inspected facilities included the following:
−− inspection visit to Viljandi detention chamber of the police detention centre of the public
order bureau of the South Prefecture of the PBGB (case No 7-7/130533);
−− inspection visit to Paide and Rapla detention chambers of the police detention centre of
the public order bureau of the West Prefecture of the PBGB (case No 7-7/130046);
−− inspection visit to short-term detention chambers of the East and South Prefectures of
the PBGB (case No 7-7/131201);
−− inspection visit to the sobering-up facility of the public order bureau of the North
Prefecture of the PBGB (case No 7-7/140068).
The Chancellor’s visits to the police facilities were unannounced.
The main problems found during the visits to the detention chambers of the public order
bureaus of the PBGB (Viljandi, Paide and Rapla detention chamber) are still the shortage
of staff (at Paide and Rapla detention chamber) and occasional violations in drawing up of
documents in respect of the detained persons (e.g. primary health check reports in Viljandi
detention chamber). The shortcomings identified in the sobering-up facility and in the buildings
used for short-term detention are described in more detail below.
1.1. Short-term detention
On 7 and 8 August 2013, advisers to the Chancellor carried out an unannounced inspection visit
to the buildings used for short-term detention in the East and South Prefectures of the PBGB.
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The following buildings were inspected:
1) Tapa constable point;
2) Kiviõli constable point;
3) Kohtla-Järve constable point;
4) Jõhvi constable point (headquarters of the East Prefecture);
5) Narva-Jõesuu border patrol station;
6) Narva road border crossing point;
7) Narva border patrol station;
8) Mustajõe border patrol station;
9) Punamäe border patrol station;
10) Vasknarva border patrol station;
11) Alajõe border patrol station;
12) Mustvee constable point;
13) Mustvee border patrol station;
14) Varnja border patrol station;
15) Mehikoorma border patrol station;
16) Värska border patrol station;
17) Saatse border patrol station;
18) Koidula road border crossing point
19) Koidula railway border crossing point (Orava border crossing point)
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