SECTION 2.
The results of NMP operation in Ukraine
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The visits revealed typical violations of human rights and freedoms that characterize all above indicated custodial settings:
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cells and rooms are not furnished with meal tables, stools, wall closets or bedside
boxes for storing of foodstuffs and personal belongings, while such available
furniture does not meet the requirements of the agency’s construction rules and
international standards;
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the cells and rooms for detainees do not have alarm buttons for calling officers
on duty, which creates the danger of untimely response to various possible
incidents (violence among detainees, suicide and escape attempts, etc.);
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not all cells and rooms for detainees are equipped with permanent videosurveillance systems, which also creates the danger of untimely interference for
prevention of violence among detainees, escape attempts, fire, etc.);
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the facilities are not equipped with shower cabins in the quantity according to
the agency's construction rules and international standards, while the existing
showers do not meet the basic requirements.
Photo: at the sanitary inspection room of the special reception center for persons
under administrative arrest, MIA Main Department in the City of Kyiv: no sprinkles
and poor sanitation
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