CONSOLIDATED REPORT library of the institution; Almaty - 3: Ministry of defense of the RK: develop an Order on the standards and sizes for cell-based detention in line with international and national norms; detention management - place information with telephone numbers and addresses of the Human rights ombudsman of the RK, participants of the NPM in Almaty and Almaty province, superior authorities and prosecutors offices on the information stands located in the cells and corridors; strengthen artificial lighting in cells where windows are facing a tall wall, surrounding the internal territory and preventing natural light; Shymkent - 3: install technical security devices (video cameras), shower diffuser, boxes for confidential complaints in a place accessible for the detainees. The response of the military police department # 1937 dated 21.06.2017 states that requests had been made to install technical 113 security devices # 4541 dated 30.12.2017 and # 185 dated 20.01.2017; two other recommendations were fulfilled. On the execution of recommendations submitted to detention facilities in 2016 In 2017 all recommendations were executed by the detention facility in Karaganda (checked during an interim visit). The detention facility in Shymkent did not install video cameras in line with the NPM group’s recommendation in 2016. In Aktobe problems persist in relation to the absence of kitchen ware, equipment for food heating, dish cleaning, sports equipment, sanitary facilities and access to drinking water, personal hygiene; to serve a one-day detention the servicemen have to travel from Aktau for two days. In Astana the following issues remain unresolved since 2016: remoteness of the medical personnel from the detention facility; cells