sets, DVD players and radio sets. Almost all cells are equipped with power outlets for electric
appliances. Kitchenware is also available.
Lighting
Monitors have noticed sufficient access to natural daylight in most cells in PDF No. 25 which is
enough for reading and writing during daytime. In average, windows in cells are 1x1 meters in size.
In PDF No. 23 and PDF No. 24 the amount of natural lighting was assessed by observers as
unsatisfactory.
Artificial lighting is sufficient, as all cells are equipped with electric bulbs.
Heating and ventilation in cells
PDF No. 25 in Osh is connected to the central city heating from the central heating and power plant.
However, because of obsolete installations, the heat coming from central heating radiators is not
enough, and makeshift electric heaters are often used for heating buildings, in contravention to
basic fire safety regulations.
PDF No. 23 and PDF No. 24 use autonomous heating and there are boiler houses on the premises of
these pre-trial detention facilities. A boiler house was fixed in PDF No. 23 with support from the
OSCE Centre in Bishkek. The chief of PDF No. 23 mentioned that the absence of an electricity
generator is a very urgent problem, as during falls and winters when there are frequent power
supply interruptions electricity is not supplied to the entire facility. As a result, staff members of the
institutions have to stand sentry all night long in the area adjoining the PDF building.
In the course of monitoring visits, the monitoring teams assessed as insufficient the access to
natural ventilation in PDF No. 23 and PDF No. 24. Artificial ventilation was installed in the
hallway of PDF No. 23. Good natural ventilation was noticed in PDF No. 25.
Sanitary facilities
The monitoring findings highlight that the right of detainees to satisfy their physical needs
whenever they need to do so in clean and decent conditions is not respected fully. Toilet facilities
are installed in all cells of pre-trial detention facilities which are made in the form of squatting pans
with a supply tank and a sink with tap water. Toilet facilities are fenced by low walls or a curtain
made by detainees themselves using bed sheets (PDF No. 23). The sanitary condition of many toilet
facilities in inadequate.
As reported by the chief of PDF No. 23, in summertime the Karakol water supply service interrupts
water supply, and the sewerage system in cells does not work.
In all PDFs, detainees have the possibility to take a shower once a week. However, all bathing and
laundry facilities require capital repair works. For instance, shower rooms in PDF No. 24 and PDF
No. 25 are in critical conditions, with mould on the walls due to dampness. Apart from the shower
room, there is a bath house in PDF No. 25.
Detainees in PDF No. 23 also have a possibility to wash in a bath house which was renovated in
2012.
Availability of personal hygiene utensils, cleaning supplies and kitchenware
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