conditions allow to keep only 8 detainees and that administratively arrested persons were kept in the same cell with the accused. During the visits to Shamkir, Gadabay and Yardimli DPDs, irregularities in the registration of detainees and unsatisfactory conditions were observed. Thus, although one person was kept in the waiting room of the Duty Station of the Shamkir DPD for more than 2 hours and another person was kept in Gadabay DPD for more than 7 hours, the respective registry books did not have any record showing this, also the TDP did not have a registry for recording the release from the cell, and in Yardimli DPD, registration documents had inconsistencies. Alongside the mentioned, in Shamkir and Gadabay DPDs’ TDPs, the medicines of first aid had expired, in Gadabay DPD’s TDP the meeting room was not equipped accordingly, in Shamkir and Yardimli DPDs’ TDPs the number of the existing chairs did not correspond to the number of the beds, problems with running water existed, Yardimli DPD’s TDP lacked the lavatory and the mattress and beds were in bad conditions, the water heater in the bathroom was broken, natural light in the cells and interrogation room was weak. The Commissioner appealed to the MIA with regard to the each issue mentioned above, and in the response received it was stated that because the person detained in the Shamkir DPD did not possess an identity card during the apprehension, it was not possible to register him in the Registry of the persons apprehended in city, district and line police bodies at the outset, but after his identity had been determined the corresponding records were made. In Gadabay DPD, the person was kept in the waiting room at his own will, therefore no record was made in the registry. From the response, it was clear that the medicines with expired usage were replaced with new ones, Gadabay’s DPD TDPs’ waiting room was equipped accordingly, additional chairs were installed in the cells of Shamkir and Yardimli DPDs’ TDPs, the running water problem had been fixed, as well as necessary measures for eliminating other deficiencies observed in Yardimli DPD TDP have been undertaken. It was also informed that the construction of a new administrative building for Yardimli DPD and a new TDP had started. Along with the above mentioned, due to the failure to properly perform their duties, the chiefs of Shamkir and Gadabay DPDs’ TDPs, Deputy Service Chief of Yardimli DPD, also the head of the security unit and the district police chief temporarily performing obligations of the officer on-duty thereof were reprimanded, and Yardimli DPD was instructed to take disciplinary measures with the regard to the other officer on duty of Yardimli DPD and the chief of the TDP. The MIA also demanded the chiefs of the corresponding DPDs to increase supervision and responsiveness with regard to the registration of the persons apprehended to police departments, improvement of the service in the TDPs, adherence to the rule of law, and protection of detainees’ rights. 18