It was also determined that the roofs of the kitchen and food storehouse of the soldier canteen of the military unit were unfit and leaky, on the whole, those buildings needed capital repair, as well as provision of new equipment and natural gas. During the visits the general condition of the long visit room allocated for convicts and the level of its provision with necessary equipment were assessed as unsatisfactory. During examination it became clear that because there was no servicewoman among the permanent composition of the military unit concerned, women who came to visit convicts were searched only by being visually examined and questioned. It should be particularly stressed that during the visits when relevant documents were consulted with, it was determined that in 5 cases the persons convicted in the same criminal case (by being 2 persons under each case, in total 10 persons) were held together. We believe that it does not conform to the duty to safeguard convicts’ right to personal security, as well as the requirements of reformation objectives. During the visits it was also determined that the military unit also held trainings for newly recruited soldiers in swearing a military oath. We think that assigning the disciplinary camp to take actions for the training of young soldiers recruited for military units under the Military Police Office of the MD for swearing a military oath may impede the intended purposeful activity of the commanding personnel of the disciplinary camp, as well as the implementation of educational work and actions aimed at reformation of convicts, and maintenance of security and regime. In our opinion, it would be more reasonable to assign the training of young soldiers for swearing a military oath to another military unit. During the visits it was also determined that it was necessary to provide the “Ideology Room”, which was operating in the military unit to perform educational and reformation work with convicts and raise their awareness, with relevant legal and educational literature. In respect of the above mentioned cases, the NPM Group submitted relevant recommendations to the commander of the military unit on the spot, as well as the Commissioner has addressed an appeal to the MD. 67

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