sickness, he was not sent to the MI. The management of the PI has been recommended to take measures, as required by law, with regard to the issue concerned. The appeal of A.S., another convict serving his sentence in that PI, with respect to his transfer to the MI has also been considered, the relevant recommendation has been submitted to the management of the establishment and the convict’s transfer to the MI has been ensured. The elimination of the problem connected with the delivery of the food brought for convict M.M. in InIs No.3, restoration of the right to receive information by providing the convicts serving their sentences in PIs No.12, 14 and 17 with requested newspapers, creation of necessary conditions for the citizen of Saudi Arabia serving his sentence in PI No.11 to meet with his family members, renovation of the cell where convict E.A. serving his sentence in the Prison was placed, and other similar cases may be shown as an example to other measures taken to solve the facts revealed in respect of the conditions of detention and application of the punishment-execution legislation in the visited establishments, as well as received appeals. During the visits conducted by the NPM Group to the institutions subordinate to the PS some convicts appealed to the Commissioner in connection with the violence they were subjected during investigation. Accused B.A., who was held in Baku InIs, in his appeal stated that when returning from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Azerbaijan, at the Astara Customs Office he swallowed down 1.5 grams heroin previously hidden by him seeing that he would be detained by customs officers, for that he was beaten by 5-6 persons in civilian clothes in the service room of a customs officer which was located on the 3rd floor of the customs office, narcotic substances in large quantities were shown to him and he was unfoundedly accused in possessing them, then he was brought to the Investigation Office of the State Customs Committee located in Baku and left lying on the cold concrete floor with his hands handcuffed, after remaining in such a position for several hours, he opened his handcuffs, entered the toilet, broke the glass hung there and inflicted injury to himself, at the same time he informed that he had hidden some more 1.5 grams narcotic substance and would say its place only to the personnel of the prosecuting bodies. When the NPM Group examined B.A.’s body, they found several signs of injury. The 62