116 MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE conducted with written parental consent, create the impression of violation of the pupils’ right to freedom of religion. The director of the institution is the acting guardian of 36 orphaned and parentless children. Classrooms, dorms and hallways feature icons and praying corners. Children are not allowed to decorate the walls with anything but icons and are discouraged from using mobile phones or watching television. At the same time the monitors became aware of the facts of in-house “exorcism” and organized trips of the resident children to churches for readings of prayers; – in most of the visited institutions the right to privacy and private space is violated. For lack of personal closets or bedside boxes the children have no chance to keep their belongings privately and often have to put them on an extra bed placed in the sleeping room as a means for storage. Photo: at the special boarding school No. 7, Kyiv A common shortcoming that may amount to degrading treatment is the absence of partitioning in the shower rooms of institutional residences. Regulatory deficiencies entailing violations or restrictions of the rights of persons held at the institutions of Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports • According to Order No. 738 of the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports (of August 7, 2008) social rehabilitation schools of general