54 MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE Maintaining such carriages in an operable condition each year requires an increasing amount of budgetary expenses. The carriage compartments with an area of slightly over 3 sq. m are fur- nished with rigid benches 0.5 m wide, with no mattresses or bedding, and sometimes carry up to 12 or even 16 persons. Thus a carriage with a capacity for 70 may simultaneously transport one hundred and more people.