112 uniformity of practice in the approach to ensuring and observing the rights of persons kept in detention: one thing may be the norm in one region, but not in the other (this applies to the following issues: radio outlets, deliveries, religious rites, medical kits, medical offices, conditions for food preparation and eating, lighting). At the same time previous consolidated reports did not assess the persistent situation. NPM groups have issued the following recommen­ dations to the detention facilities administrations: Karaganda - 1: set up a medical office in the detention facility of the military police of the Karaganda garrison and procure a standard medical kit for first aid purposes; Aktobe 6: place information stands with the information on rights and responsibilities; establish sanitary facilities, faucets and drinking water containers; dismantle windows that restrict air intake; equip the CONSOLIDATED REPORT yard with sports equipment; procure kitchen ware. Taldykorgan - 5: equip the detention facility yard with minimal sports equipment (pull-up bards, parallel bars); install forced ventilation in cells; conduct regular preventive talks with the personnel to prevent torture and other inhumane and degrading types of treatment and punishment; install a complaints box to collect complaints and suggestions in a place accessible for detainees, and re-equip the windows in the cells in a way for the detainees to be able to open ventilation windows on their own; Astana - 3: allocate a premise for the medical office equipped with the necessary medications to offer medical aid, and ensure round-theclock availability of medical personnel in the institution during the detention of people in the facility; install waste bins in the yard; supply fiction, textbooks and paper-based information resources to the