MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE 96 2.4. MONITORING OF INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE STATE BORDER SERVICE OF UKRAINE: RESULTS The so called custodial settings of the border administration agency include temporary detention facilities (domestically known as PTTs), special premises (SP) and special vehicles for transportation of administrative detainees. At present the State Border Service maintains 85 custodial settings with the capacity of 494 persons at one time. They include – 10 temporary detention facilities (PTTs) with the general capacity of 232 persons, at the location of border authorities’ departments (in regional capitals), designated to hold offenders detained under the administrative procedure and on suspicion of criminal offense, if so decided by an investigator as established in the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine; – 75 special premises (SPs) with the design capacity for 262 persons, equipped at the units directly engaged in the protection of state borders and designated to hold offenders detained under the administrative procedure. The border protection authorities also have 18 micro-vans for transportation of offenders. These vehicles were received in the framework of international technical assistance (IOM projects). International technical assistance was also used to commission 5 modern institutions that meet the European standards; 7 other similar institutions are being erected and equipped at the present time. In 2012 the Border Service’s custodial settings accommodated 1,686 individuals. In this context it should be mentioned that only five years ago the number of persons held at PTTs and SPs was nearly 6.5 higher (10,869 in 2008). During the reporting period the staff of the NPM Department visited 5 Border Service institutions: – 2 temporary detention facilities (PTTs), with Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky and Izmail border units; – 3 special premises (SPs), at Odessa International Airport, Odessa border unit command and Feodosiya section of Simferopol border unit.