114 times a day. There were buckets for stool in the cells. In 2018, the recommen­ dations of human rights defenders were implemented and at the time of the visit “the cells were repaired and the Genoa bowls and wash basins were installed in each cell, fluorescent lamps were replaced with diode ones, which are much lighter, and forced ventilation was installed in the cells; at the time of the visit with no connection urban centralized heating it is warm and dry in cells”. NPM members note that “there are no wicket doors in the cells in front of the Genoa bowls, which degrades human dignity when relieving the natural need”. In accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the suspects and accused should be kept in the premises, based on the norm of sanitary area per person not less than two and a half square meters. The NPM members say that “in some PTDC cells in Astana, where in 2017 these standards are not complied with (in cells 10 CONSOLIDATED REPORT and 8 there are 4 individual beds), in 2018 the cells were redesigned into double rooms and now the area of​​ the cells comply with national and international standards. In the PTDC cells of Astana Paragraph 5.4.2.9.2. of the Sanitary Standards of the Republic of Kazakhstan 3.0224-2014 is not observed, according to which all of the equipment in the cells (beds, tables, benches and stools, etc.) must be securely attached to the floor or walls by welding them to pre-installed embedded fittings. The sharp corners of the cell equipment should be rounded. For example, stools have sharp angles and are not fixed to the floor by welding them to pre-installed embedded fittings. Members of the NPM group note that in the PTDC NSC RoK in Astana does not comply with Paras. 5.4.2.9.3-5.4.2.9.4 of SS RK 3.02-24-2014, according to which there should be a cell equipped for temporary isolation of suspects, accused or convicts who experienced a nervous collapse (a cell for