98 The National Preventive Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in the Republic of Kazakhstan as a matter of priority considers visiting special institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan that are not part of the Committee of the penitentiary system. In total, in 2018 NPM members visited 118 temporary detention centers, 26 remand houses and 24 special reception centers, and 1 special visit was made in Shymkent. Training and certification of staff for employment in these institutions, presumably is at the proper level. There are some questions on training managers. The aspects to be studied when NPM members visit these institutions: respect for human rights, the eradication of cruel and degrading treatment, employees’ knowledge of the national legislation norms, international law, the UN Convention against Torture. The activities of the mentioned institutions are subject to daily supervision by the Prosecutor’s Office, CONSOLIDATED REPORT the agencies carry out departmental inspections. In 2018, as in previous years, the members of the National Preventive Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in our country carried out regular and intermediate visits to had regular and intermediate visits to temporary detention centers TDC (TDCs), remand houses (RHs), special reception centers (SRCs), police stations (PSs) (selectively). The recommendations received as a result of the visits mainly assess the situation in the institutions as satisfactory. There is a slight decrease in the responsibility of the management of institutions in implementation of the recommendations sent by the members of the National Preventive Mechanism based on the results of visits to institutions. Failure to comply with the recommendations is usually due to a decrease or lack of funding for current and capital repairs, lack of funds for the development of design and estimate documentation (design estimates) for reconstruction