68 There are 232 special institutions – divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including 180 temporary detention centres (TDC), 25 remand houses and 27 special reception centres. The staff preparation for (and during) service in these institutions is at the proper level. The issues to study are the norms of national legislation, international law, the UN Convention against Torture. The activities of the mentioned institutions are subject to daily supervision by the Prosecutor’s Office, the agencies carry out departmental inspections. As in previous years, in 2017, the participants of the National Preventative Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in our country had regular and intermediate visits to temporary detention centres TDC (TDCs), remand houses (RHs), special reception centres (SRCs), police stations (PSs) (selectively). As in 2016, in 2017 the participants of the preventive mechanism gave satisfactory CONSOLIDATED REPORT assessments of the living quarters, food, and hygienic conditions. Nevertheless, the problematic issues raised by NPM participants in 2015 and 2016 are still not solved. They are rather serious, and would detract from human dignity in TDCs, RHs, SRCs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to the letter No. 1-30-11-3-231/1-8816 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan addressed to the Ombudsman for Human Rights concerning the activities of temporary detention centres (TDCs), special reception centres(SRCs) and remand houses (RHs) - the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan regularly raises the issue to the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and local executive bodies about insufficient funds from local budget for construction, reconstruction, capital and current repair, technical equipment of the special institutions.