5. GENERAL INFORMATION AND MAJOR STATISTICAL DATA As many as 47 TDFs and 2 reception centres under internal affairs bodies, as well as 3 PDFs under the SSEP were covered by monitoring visits. The number and regularity of monitoring visits to each closed institutions were determined by monitoring groups depending on the torture situation and taking into account the presence or absence of complaints about torture among those in places of detention. The total number of monitoring visits was 297, of which: 229 visits to TDFs under internal affairs bodies, 51 visits to reception centres under internal affairs bodies, 17 visits to PDFs under the SSEP. Table 1. Number of visits to TDFs, reception centres and PDFs № City/Province TDFs under internal affairs bodies Reception centres under internal affairs bodies PDFs under the SSEP 1 Bishkek 5 36 1 2 Chuy province 24 - 3 3 Naryn province 13 - 2 4 Talas province 8 - - 5 Issyk-Kul province 16 - 5 6 Osh 8 15 6 7 Osh province 45 - - 8 Jalal-Abad province 74 - - 9 Batken province 36 - - 229 51 17 253 TOTAL: Temporary detention facilities TDFs under internal affairs bodies are police subdivisions that are designed for holding those arrested on suspicion of committing offences in custody. Individuals charged with committing crimes who are placed in pre-trial detention facilities and transferred to TDFs when it is required for 31