CONSOLIDATED REPORT pre-trial detention centers, 1 psychiatric hospital, 1 narcological hospital and 1 special reception center under the Shymkent Police Department. 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 General Prosecutor’s Office and to the authorized state bodies depending on the content. One of the indicators showing the effectiveness of the NPM is the implementation of the recommendations on elimination of revealed violations mandated by the institutions. The recommendations of the NPM members outlined in the previous consolidated report were implemented by the National Security Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Health to the extent that their direct capabilities, including financial ones, allowed. 9 Medical supplies were improved in the correctional institutions of East Kazakhstan, Kostanay, North Kazakhstan, Kyzylorda oblasts 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 of were carried out in the living quarters, where windows and a sewer system were replaced, and the yards were equipped with shelters from rainfall. The conditions were improved in temporary detention facilities, special reception centers and remand houses in Shymkent, East Kazakhstan and Kyzylorda oblasts. NPM members also carried out methodological work on familiarizing employees in correctional institutions of the East Kazakhstan, Kostanay, North Kazakhstan oblasts with the procedure for observing the rights and freedoms of convicts, as well as on the prevention of torture. These