E/CN.4/2004/56/Add.3 page 52 in Navoi for convicts with tuberculosis, premises for 200 people in the pre-trial detention isolator in Nukus, and appointment facilities in penitentiaries in Navoi and Sadoviy, Zangiata district, Tashkent viloyat. The number of treatment facilities in the national hospital in Tashkent has been increased and reconstruction of pre-trial detention isolators in Fergana has been completed. Currently, the construction of hostels in penitentiaries in Karshi, Karaulbazar and Navoi and premises at pre-trial detention isolators in Termez and in Uychi district, Namangan province, is under way. 322. Devout Muslim detainees in all penitentiaries are being allowed to pray and all necessary conditions are created for that purpose. Amnesty acts since 1997 have resulted in the release of about 199,000 people from places of detention. Due to amnesties, the number of convicts in the penitentiary establishments of Uzbekistan fell by 34.9 per cent. According to 2002 data, the number of convicts in Uzbekistan per 100,000 people is 191. -----