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number of detainees. 87 On the other hand, follow-up visits were paid to institutions that, due to
renovation works, had been operating on temporary premises at the time of the first inspection. In
these cases, the follow-up visits’ objective was to find out to what extent my recommendations made as
regards the temporary premises and the treatment of detainees had been implemented after moving
back to the permanent premises.88
My Office handled the schedule of visits confidentially, my colleagues working at other organizational
units could not have access thereto.
4.2. Locations visited by the NPM in 2017
Under Article 19 of the OPCAT, the NPM’s task is to regularly examine the treatment of the persons
deprived of their liberty in places of detention as defined in Article 4, with a view to strengthening, if
necessary, their protection against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment.
In 2017, while performing the tasks related to the NPM, I inspected 1,772 detention units at 8 places of
detention. The table below shows the names of the places of detention as well as the number of
detention units.
Number of
interviewees
February 8
Central Holding Facility of the MPHQoB
133
133
15.03
20
29
2
March 13-14
Márianosztra Strict and Medium Regime Prison
524
624
119.08
624
117
3
March 28
Budapest Remand Prison, Unit I
153
258
168.63
258
43
4
May 16-17
Platán Integrated Social Institution of Bács-Kiskun
County
100
100
94.0
94
61
5
May 31 - June 1
Psychiatric Ward of the Balassa János Hospital of
Tolna County
89
89
73.03
65
51
6
September 12-14
Nagymágocs Castle Home of the Aranysziget
Integrated Retirement Home of Csongrád County
300
302
100.67
302
85
7
October 19
Lock-up Facility of the Fejér County Police
Headquarters
34
34
20.58
7
10
8
November 28-30
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Remand Prison
142
232
163.38
232
145
Altogether
Number of the inspected places of detention: 8
1,475
1,772
94.30
1,602
541
87
88
number of
detainees
1
name
utilization
rate (%)
number of
detention
units
inspected
Date of the visit
2017
At the time of the visit
authorized
capacity
(persons)
Number
Place of detention
See my report № AJB-685/2017 on the follow-up visit to the Juvenile Penitentiary Institution
See my report № AJB-3772/2017 on the follow-up visit to the Platán Integrated Social Institution of Bács-Kiskun County
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