2.7. Establishments of the ME
There are 41 places, in the jurisdiction of the ME, which detainees are not permitted to
leave at will33 and 3 visits were conducted to such places in 2012. Necessary conditions were
provided to realize the visits as required by law.
During the visit conducted to Guba Special Vocational School the NPG got acquainted
with the state of dormitories, classrooms, correctional and recreation rooms, library, kitchen,
canteen, bathroom and administrative offices, as well as detention conditions, treatment,
education, and organization of leisure time, conducted private conversations with the children
kept in the establishment and explained them their rights.
As the ME provided information on the actions taken with regard to the issues raised
during the visits and in the previous reports of the Azerbaijani NPM, several purposeful
measures had been undertaken in the relevant directions. As such, relevant actions had been
taken to ensure the specific work conditions of the school located in the building built during
tsarist Russia and adjusted later and functioning as Guba Special Vocational School for the
correction of juveniles that had committed various offences. Current repair works had recently
been carried out in different rooms to improve the conditions of detention of children in the
school, and all rooms had been supplied with necessary devices and inventory. The dormitory of
the school was heated by a heating system but other service rooms were heated with firewood.
There was enough wood in the school for the winter season of 2012-2013 and a water heater had
been installed to supply the dormitory with hot water. The school lacked a sewerage system.
When the sewerage and water systems of Guba Town are renewed, the school will also get an
opportunity to join these systems.
Students, after being accepted to the given school, are taken under psychological and
medical control, a special confidential file is opened to track the degree and dynamics of their
rehabilitation, which includes the biographic indicators of every student, awards and reproaches
received at the school, information on the breach of the regime, behavioral motives,
psychological traits, style of behavior, characteristics, inclination for bad habits, and other
indicators, as well as attitude towards education, vocation, public work, co-students, parents, and
personnel of the school.
The medical unit of the school supervises and is responsible for the protection of the
health of students, their treatment, undertaking of preventive measures, maintenance of
appropriate sanitary and hygiene conditions at the school, proper nutrition of students, and timely
execution of personal hygiene measures. The students of the school are from time to time fully
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