roofs of the dormitories have been replaced. In the new building of the SMI internal water and sewerage lines have been installed and in PIs No.2, 9, and 17 the replacement of such lines has been finalized. The replacement of external gas lines in PIs No.8, 12, 13, and 14 has commenced. For the replacement of the 500 meters of the gas line of the Prison, which is not fit for use, and reinstallation of the heating line of the Correctional Institution, pipes have been bought and delivered to the institutions. Current repair works in the I regime building and capital repair works in the IV regime building of InIs No.2 have been completed. The school of the Correctional Institution has been completely repaired. As already mentioned, in 2009 the NPM conducted 108 visits to all places of detention under the PS and in 2010 – 94 visits. Based on the summarization of the information collected during visits, it can be noted that overall situation, conditions of detention, as well as treatment of detainees have been satisfactorily organized in these establishments and in general, comply with standards. During visits certain facts were revealed and relevant measures were taken. On the whole, the Commissioner has addressed numerous appeals to the relevant bodies of the MJ with regard to the conditions of detention of detainees in the establishments of the PS and most of those appeals have been positively resolved. First of all, it should be mentioned that the overcrowding and placing more than allowed persons in cells as observed in InIs No.3 of the PS, which is located in Baku, raises concerns. According to the information received from the PS, this problem will be soon resolved by putting new buildings of the Baku InIs into operation. We think the construction works should be speeded up. During visits it was also revealed that there was overcrowding in the Prison, some cells where persons sentenced to life imprisonment were held did not meet modern standards, as well as solitary cells were used without any necessity. The Commissioner has appealed to the PS in this regard and as a result, a deficiency report has been drawn up and repair works have been started to enlarge windows with the aim of bringing natural lighting and 47