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hand, there are some 3,000 places of detention under Hungarian jurisdiction50 with a total
capacity of approximately 125 thousand persons.
Number of
locations
Type
social care institutions
Number of
detainees
Capacity
1,500
96,201
91,331
32
13,292
17,796
child protection services
without foster parents
482
9,322
8,090
police
771
3,051
varying utilization rate
8
518
varying utilization rate
30
1,075
768
juvenile correctional institutions
4
454
varying utilization rate
guarded refugee reception centers
3
381
varying utilization rate
107
n/a
varying utilization rate
2,937
124,294
more than 120
thousand
penitentiary system
detention under immigration laws, separately
closed hospital wards
law enforcement (e.g., holding cells in courts)
Altogether
Consolidated list of places of detention under Hungarian jurisdiction in 2015 51
On December 2, 2014, I received in my Office the heads and representatives of the most
important places of detention. I informed the participants of the meeting about the NPM’s tasks,
the objectives and methods of inspections, drawing attention to the obligations which the heads
and staff members of all places of detention have to comply with in the interest of the successful
performance of my tasks. In addition to the competent authorities, representatives of privately
operated places of detention, e.g., representatives of various foundations and churches, also
attended the meeting, assuring me of their readiness to cooperate. Later on I held separate
consultations with the representatives of the police, the penitentiary system and the national
security services.
The NPM’s homepage is accessible since December 1, 2014; in addition to information on the
NPM’s operation, I have also published information addressed to the heads and operators of
places of detention.52
2.3. The NPM’s schedule of visits for 2015
By virtue of Article 20, Paragraph (e) of the OPCAT, NPMs shall be granted liberty to choose
the places they want to visit and the persons they want to interview.
On the subject of jurisdiction, see Section 18 of Act CXL of 2004 on the General Rules of Administrative Proceedings and
Services
51 The register contained data as of December 1, 2014; however, I have added thereto all changes occurred in 2015.
52 Seehttp://www.ajbh.hu/opcat;jsessionid=980593FC979A5B4C3A509CAE0D58B0C9
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