SECTION 2.
The results of NMP operation in Ukraine
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The shortcomings with regard to holding conditions that are particular to ITTs
also include the following:
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many special holding facilities are located in the basement and semibasement areas;
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they are not provided with video-recording systems that would make
possible storage of archived records at the investigators’ and defenders’
offices;
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violations of the requirement about segregated holding of different categories of persons.
Instances of inappropriate documentation include the following::
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Registers of initial screening of persons placed into holding facilities lack
their own entries as to presence or absence of any health complaints;
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Registers of medical aid to inmates are not maintained properly, which
excludes proper control over respect of the right to medical assistance
and impedes fact-finding with regard to any inflicted bodily harm;
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Registers of exits do not contain entries about the grounds on which detainees are ordered out of their cells or the names of the police officers to
whom the detainees are called;
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Registers of complaints and suggestions are maintained inappropriately,
which violates the citizens’ right to lodge complaints against unlawful actions on the part of the police; such Registers are not readily accessible;
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Registers of apprehended, visiting and officially invited persons at the city,
district or line police bodies are not maintained properly, which obstructs
control over the lawfulness of citizens’ apprehension or holding in the service
premises of the police. The Registers do not always contain entries on the
time when an apprehended or invited person left the police station, or on actions taken with regard to an apprehended person (making of the protocol,
acknowledgement of explanations, etc.), or indications of the position and
name of the police officer who apprehended or invited a person to the police
station. Entries in the Registers do not refer to the status in which a person
remained at the police unit (apprehended person, officially invited person or
visitor). During monitoring visits the monitors revealed facts of interference
with entries and attempts at their destruction in order to make it impossible
to establish the length of individual stays at the police premises;
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The duty shift loggers contain no data on individuals held at the rooms for
apprehended and detained persons, including those held in excess of the
established time limits;
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