SECTION 2. The results of NMP operation in Ukraine 105 2.6. MONITORING OF INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE: RESULTS The Security Service of Ukraine has only one facility for lengthy holding of individuals – the special temporary holding facility (ITT) of the SSU unit of pre-trial investigation support. In 2012 the staff of NPM Department visited this facility. The principal shortcomings identified during the monitoring visit include the following: – constructional design of exercise yards excludes proper exercise in summertime. Polycarbonate roofing in combination with absence of proper ventilation and air conditioning prevents intake of fresh air and causes excessive air heating. This is evidenced by entries on refusals to exercise in the relevant register; – cells have no forced mechanical ventilation; – cells are not furnished with eating table, and the furniture is not attached to the walls and floor, which creates risks for the facility staff and inmates because of the possible use of furniture items for attack and infliction of injury; – cell toilets are not equipped with flushes and inmates have to ask the staff to flush the toilets by opening water taps located in the hallway. Regulations on the operation of SSU temporary holding facility have the following deficiencies that entail violations of human rights and freedoms: 1. Absence of clear regulations on the legal status of the institution that at the same time functions as a temporary holding facility and as a remand prison. By the time of the visit some inmates have been held there for over three years. According to Article 4.1 of the Law of Ukraine “On Preliminary Detention” any persons under custodial restraint or under temporary or extradition arrest are to be held at remand prisons of the State Criminal Enforcement Service of Ukraine and guardhouses of the Military Police of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Such persons may be held in temporary holding facilities only in specific instances determined by the required investigative actions. 2. There is no Technical Passport for allocation of area for the temporary holding facility. According to the administration of the institution this document is kept in the archive but it relates to SSU remand prison that