CONSOLIDATED REPORT Definitely, there are positive changes in the response of government agencies and administrations to the recommendations to bring detention conditions in line with national standards. However, there is no systematic approach in the objective evaluation of the buildings and structures, because their design and construction do not allow for the meeting of the required standards in institutions. Temporary detention centres of the MIA RK (TDCs) are special institutions designed to keep persons in custody, who were detained on suspicion of committing a criminal offense. The TDCs are the places of detention for the following persons: • suspects, detained in accordance with article 132 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan; • suspects, and accused under articles 142, 150 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Measure of restraint is arrest. Almost always the NPM participants’ reports include 69 information on keeping in TDC the detainees under administrative arrest. In order to enforce the decisions of administrative courts, the TDC does keep these persons. As of 2017, there is no regulatory and legal framework on the protection, communal, household, material and technical, medical and sanitary provision of administrativelyarrested persons in the Republic of Kazakhstan. As the number of those involved in administrative arrests is growing, this trend is alarming. Within the reviewed period the NPM participants visited a total of 140 TDCs (including periodic and interim visits). As before, the NPM participants are being challenged with living quarters, cases of inadequate medical care, lack of effective complaint mechanisms, and shortcomings with the provision of pleasure yards, and bathrooms For example, the administration of the TDC Department of Internal Affairs