15 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 50

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