During this visit, private meetings were held with 5 detainees, but they
did not complain of the condition and the treatment. However, it was found
that the book on records for persons detained and/or arrested, did not display
the notes about the dates of their custody. So, that, during the visit, for
instance, it was told that one of the detainees was taken to the prosecutor,
but that was not documented. The head of the TDP reported that in all cases,
when the detainees were taken to the prosecutor, they were not used to
document this and attributed this to the absence of a written document on
call to the prosecutorial office issued by them.
Furthermore, in most of the cases, the records book of this detention
facility did not display the dates, hours and duration of phone calls as
recognized by TDP’s IDR and there were no any records made by the
prosecutor about his inspection. The staff of the detention facility was not
aware of the detainees’ rights, which shows the necessity of increasing
professional capacity of them related to the IDR and general knowledge.
The Commissioner as NPM, requested to the MIA to eradicate those
shortcomings.22
NPG visited Sumgayit CPD TDP.23 The purpose of this visit was to
monitor the custody condition, treatment and the relevant documentation.
During the visit, private conversations were held with the 15 accused and 3
administratively detained persons, and they did not express any
dissatisfaction with the custody condition and treatment in the facility.
In general, records in the detention facility were monitored. The
revealed shortcomings such as modifications in the documentation, lack of
provision of detainees with hygienic cleaning tools, including first medical
aid, failure to indicate in the document the timeframe of release and return
of a detainee from a police custody and to cover the 1/3 part of the walking
area for detainees were brought to attention of the administration of that
TDP and it was given necessary suggestions to eliminate them and to
improve the documentation.
The NPM monitored PU No. 1 and 4 of the noted CPO. There were no
detainees in both. Several shortcomings were found in the records book of
PU No.4. Hence, the records book of this police unit on persons brought to
the police custody was not registered in the secretariat on a regular basis and
stamped, many changes and drafts were made in relevant dates and hours,
and also columns for measures were left blank.
During the visits, staff rooms were also monitored and the Unit and the
entire facilities’ administration were given relevant suggestions related to
22
See pp. 26-27
See the link http://xeberle.com/az/view/18673/sumqayt-polisinde-monitorinq-veziyyetnecedir/?
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