94 CONSOLIDATED REPORT Karaganda Aktobe Taldykorgan Astana Semei Almaty Shymkent Occupancy limit 15 7 15 22 26 70/16 Not mentioned Number of cells 8 5 6 10 13 22 10 In the confinement facilities there are various types of equipment in the cells. So, in the city of Semey, the cells of the confinement facilities are equipped with tables and board beds; in the cities of Astana and Shymkent there are bedside tables, clothes hangers (in Astana there are some benches in addition, in Shymkent, bedside tables are only in women’s cells). In the corridor there are wooden lockers with compartments for storage of personal hygiene items of persons detained in the confinement facilities in Astana. For women there is one cell in the confinement facilities in the cities of Aktobe, Almaty, Karaganda and Taldykorgan, while in Astana and Shymkent there are 2 cells, and in the city of Semey – 3 cells. In the confinement facilities in Astana, there are no differences between the cells for the maintenance of officers, servicewomen, and soldiers. The only difference between the cell for servicewomen is that they are not locked. The atmosphere in the room is oppressive, because of the color of the walls (in the corridor they are grey, the doors of the cells are black) and lack of natural light. The NPM group in Almaty noted the separate detention of detainees in accordance with military rank; “The placement in a solitaryconfinement cell for more than one day is allowed on the basis of a reasoned decision of the head of the confinement facilities in accordance with Art. 31 of Law № 353-1 of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 30, 1999 based on a sanction