MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE 36 2.2. MONITORING OF INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE: RESULTS In terms of quantity the network of custodial settings under the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is the largest of all Ukrainian agencies. The so called of- ficial custodial settings include the specially equipped holding facilities and special vehicles for convoying of detained, arrested and convicted persons. The specially equipped holding facilities (areas) include: – 1,303 premises for apprehended and detained persons at duty units of the police authorities of Ukraine (used in 2012 to hold 17,014 persons); – 462 temporary holding facilities under MIA authorities (used in 2012 to hold 209,116 persons); – 27 reception centers for persons subjected to administrative arrest (accommodated 4895 arrestees in 2012); – 18 reception and distribution centers for children, which in 2012 accommodated 233 minors; – 587 secure wards at medical institutions, that in 2012 serviced 889 patients, including 339 with tuberculosis. The largest numbers of detainees are held at temporary holding facilities (domestically known as ITTs) (see Drawing 2.1). However, the period as of 2010 has shown a tendency towards reduction of the number of such detainees (from 269 thousand in 2010 to 209 thousand in 2012) that also led to a decrease in the total number of holding facilities (from 480 in 2010 to 462 in 2012). Operation of other special institutions also featured certain changes (Drawing 2.2). Specifically, in 2010 MIA liquidated reception and distribution centers for suspected vagrants. It happened after the Constitutional Court of Ukraine pronounced unconstitutional the provision of Article 11 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Police” that entitled the police to apprehend suspected vagrants and, on a motivated court ruling, hold them in specially allocated premises for a period up to 30 days. As a result the relevant facilities were reassigned as reception centers for persons subjected to administrative arrest (Drawing 2.3). The number of reception and distribution centers for minors has remained unchanged over the last five years.