CONSOLIDATED REPORT and conditions of detention of suspects and accused persons in pre-trial detention centers is the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 30, 1999 No.353-I “On the procedure and conditions of detention of persons in special institutions that provide temporary isolation from society” (hereinafter referred to as Law No.353). The Orders of the Minister of the Interior, the Prosecutor General and derivative regulations in this area should not contradict with the Correctional Code RoK, the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No.353. The study of law enforcement practice shows that the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No.353 does not regulate all public relations arising during the execution of detention in respect of suspects and accused, and this forces them to apply to the norms of the Correctional Code RoK. It seems that all issues relating to the detention of persons in special institutions, 59 which provide temporary isolation from society in the Correctional Code RoK, should be resolved. To this end, it might be necessary to provide a new Section 7 in the Correctional Code RoK “The procedure and conditions for the detention of persons in special institutions that provide temporary isolation from society”. In 2018, NPM members conducted 33 visits to the pre-trial detention centers, of which: 11 regular, 13 intermediate, and 9 special. The staff of the pretrial detention centers are generally aware of the activities of NPM and often there are no issues with unimpeded access to the pretrial detention center. We can only note that in Kostanay oblast during a special visit on February 9, 2018 it took NPM members 40 minutes for clearance, they had to wait for permission to visit. The NPM members noted in the report that the junior staff of this institution has no idea about the NPM concept. In another case, when visiting the establishment ES 164/1 in

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