premises have not been renovated. Such premises exist in RDP - Radomir. Some of them
are unusable precisely because they are not renovated.
***
It should be noted that the Ministry of Interior began differentiating places for
temporary detention of individuals under project VO2005 / 017-353.07.04
"Modernization of Bulgarian police and strengthening its effectiveness." The NPM
defines this as an important activity with a view to achieving the accepted legal
standards. RDP – city of Sevlievo, RDP - city of Tryavna, RDP – city of Rousse, and BPD Elhovo, are a good example in this respect.
In RDP - city of Sevlievo, all premises are separated according to art. 5, paragraph
1 of the Instruction. They are arranged and secured in a way that does not create
conditions for damage to health of detainees and police officers.
In RDMI - city of Rousse, the premises for accommodation of detainees are also
divided according to Art. 5 para 1 pt. 1 of the Instruction and are located in a corridor
especially designated for that purpose. Unauthorized access is limited. The premises,
however, are not used effectively because there is a shortage of personnel that in
accordance with art. 38 of the Instruction should carry out physical security. In the
established situation, in view of the lack of sufficient and appropriate facilities in both
police departments, the NPM recommended to take adequate actions to provide funds
for the regulatory required system for physical protection and security.
In the BPD - city of Elhovo repair works have been carried out in the detention
facilities and rooms for mothers with children and minors have been separated.
***
As a result of the inspections the NPM focuses on the need for installation of
alarm systems in the detention facilities. Installing such systems is justified primarily by
the security they provide to the detainees and the prison staff in order for the latter to
take prompt and appropriate actions in an emergency. There are still detention facilities,
where a CCTV system has not been installed (e.g. BPD - city of Rousse).
***
The NPM defined as smoothly operating the organization, created by RDMI - city
of Veliko Tarnovo, concerning accommodation of detainees in one of the busiest objects
- RDP - city of Gorna Oryahovitsa. For the period from 1st January 2014 until the
beginning of October 2014 in the premises have been detained a total of 417 persons.
Due to imposibility to separate places for temporary detention in other district
offices of RDMI - city of Veliko Tarnovo it is defined they to be used only those that are
relevant and where placement of persons enables to respect their rights.
***
The NPM has also performed inspection of the homes to the Interior Ministry,
which accommodate children. This is the home for temporary accommodation of minors
and juveniles (HTAMJP) to RDMI - city of Veliko Tarnovo.
First, the NPM noted that these homes accommodate children, but the name
of the institution involve the term "persons", which is incorrect and misleading in
terms of the nature of the institution.
HTAMJP is located in the city of Gorna Oryahovitsa and there are accommodated
children aged from 6 to 18 years. For the period from the early 2014 until the beginning
of October 2014, the home accommodated 170 children, 45 of them for more than 2
days, up to 24 hours – 128, up to 15 days – 40, over 15 days - 2 children. Frequent are
cases of running away from the home - 39 cases have been registered for the same
period. There are also accommodated children who have been provided with police
protection.
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