100 MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE Drawing 2.5. The number of military serving punishments in guardhouses or disciplinary battalion 300 210 250 200 Guardhouses 151 150 100 45 Disciplinary battalion 94 72 48 50 38 64 34 14 0 2008 2009 2010 By January 1, 2013 three out of the four existing guardhouses were out of use and did not hold a single serviceman. In a necessity the authorities use the guardhouse in Kyiv. In December 2012 the only disciplinary battalion was reorganized and relocated to the territory of Kyiv guardhouse. In 2012 the NPM Department staff visited the guardhouse and disciplinary battalion in Kyiv. At the time of the visit 2011 2012 the disciplinary battalion was still in its own location although the leadership of the Ministry of Defense’s had already decided on the battalion’s re-organization. The monitoring visit revealed a number of violations of human rights and freedoms that, in the opinion of the Ombudsman, may be assessed as manifestations of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Specifically, – cells had no toilets or running water washstands; – the air in the cells was foul because of inefficient passive ventilation;