5. During the examination of the stand located in the general area of
the establishment and intended for convicts, it was noticed that
the civilian working in the stand was selling things by cash,
production or expiry dates were not shown on the sold cakes, and
there were dead cockroaches on the shelves and scales.
6. During the interview with the convicts they stated that they could
not get envelopes from the stand to send their appeals to the
bodies prescribed by law (including the Commissioner) without
being subject to censorship.
7. During the examination of the dormitories it was revealed that
about half of the convicts were not provided with chairs, some of
the mattresses were unfit for use, floors were made of stone, and
natural lighting was weak in some dormitories.
8. During the examination of the punishment isolator it was
determined that most of the convicts placed in punishment rooms
or cells were not provided with pillows and sheets. The convicts
held there could exercise their right to daily walking not for 1
hour as provided for by the Punishment Execution Code of the
Republic of Azerbaijan but just for 20-30 minutes.
9. Through the random selection conducted by the members of the
NPM Group, as well as at the request of the convicts themselves,
30 convicts were received and without any witnesses private
interviews were held with them. During the interview the
convicts complained of the breaches of law that occurred in the
institution and stated that meals were of poor quality, foods
intended for them were sold in the stand, the common bathroom
was inconvenient because of poor conditions and private shower
cubicles were sold for money (every convict had to pay 1 manat
for taking a shower for half an hour), appeals addressed to the
relevant bodies, including the Commissioner, were not sent to the
intended addresses by the personnel of the special unit of the
establishment contrary to law, 10 manats was charged for
delivering the money sent to foreign convicts by their relatives,
and the convicts who did not want to shave their heads had to pay
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