CONSOLIDATED REPORT psychiatric hospital. Based on the results of the special visits the materials on the revealed violations contributing to the creation of factors of cruel and degrading treatment were sent to the Prosecutor's offices and authorized bodies depending on the content. Also, during the preventive visits in 2017, in total 111 appeals to the Commissioner for human rights were received by the NPM members. One of the measures showing the effectiveness of the NPM is the implementa­ tion of the recommendations on elimination of revealed violations mandated by the institutions referred to in the reports of visits by regional groups of NPM members for the year 2016. The recommendations of the NPM members set out in the previous consolidated report were implemented in the prescribed manner by the National Security Committee, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of 9 Health. Medical supplies were improved in the correctional institutions of East Kazakhstan, Kostanay, North Kazakhstan, Kyzylorda and South Kazakhstan region where the stock of medicines was updated, the ventilation system of the premises was renovated, the library database was updated, and the regime and foodstuffs of prisoners were monitored. In many mandated institutions major repairs were carried out in the living quarters, where windows and a sewer system were replaced, and the yards were equipped with shelters from rainfall. Detention conditions were improved in detention centres, special reception centres and remand houses in the southern and eastern regions of Kazakhstan. . NPM members also conducted methodological work on familiarizing employees in the correctional institutions of eastern Kazakhstan, specifically Kostanay, and northern Kazakhstan regions with the procedure for observing the rights and