with ceramic tiles and linoleum, as well as new water and sewerage lines, lavatories, sinks, water taps have been installed. At the same time repair works have been performed in surveillance rooms of the regime buildings. The roofs of the buildings of the Prison club, laundry, and food storehouse have been replaced. It is planned in the future to continue current repair works in the Prison depending on the availability of financial resources. The response notes that the absence of the chief of the Medical-Sanitary Unit during the visit was connected with the fact that those days he was in the MJ Head Medical Office and took part in the event devoted to struggle against tuberculosis which was attended by representatives of several international organizations. Furthermore, it has been indicated that in order to strengthen medical services in the Prison, 3 doctors – a psychiatrist, a laboratory assistant, and a radiologist have been employed by the Medical-Sanitary Unit, thus, at present 7 doctors with different qualifications and 1 medical assistant work there, and in order to ensure the flexibility of medical services, the medical staff, being assigned to regime buildings, are visiting convicts on a daily basis. It has been stressed that when complex clinical and diagnostics-related cases are faced with while providing medical services for convicts in the Prison, the technical and human resources of the medical institutions under the Ministries of Justice and Health are used, moreover, the doctors of the facility may invite specialists from medical centres and benefit from their help in the process of examination and treatment of the special contingent. In the response letter it is also stated that the convicts serving their sentences in the Prison are provided with food and other necessities in accordance with the relevant decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Along with bread and prepared meals, they are provided with vitamins, butter, sugar, cigarettes every 10 days, matches, 2 eggs once a week pursuant to the tables drawn up based on the norms. Along with prepared meals, salads made of carrot, beet, cabbage and other vegetables are distributed to them. As a result of the regularly conducted inspections it has been observed that the canteen and the kitchen, the stand located in the area are in normal sanitary conditions, meals are qualitatively prepared in accordance with the menu. It is planned to accordingly renovate the 50