A special room in a TDF shall be equipped for the visits. Suspected or accused persons shall be brought to the visiting room one at a time. These persons shall have tidy appearance. Before and after the visit they shall be searched and their belongings shall be inspected.49 13% of the respondents pointed out that they were deprived of any opportunity to receive visits from their families. Moreover, they are convinced that no visits are allowed at IAB TDFs. 40.4% out of them are not aware if IAB TDF detainees are allowed to receive visits from their families since they do not know if they have this right and have not tried to ask for a visit. Diagram 7. Allowing visits with families and other persons. Example: From the interviews with the detainees: “We are allowed neither to receive visits nor to make phone calls. We are only allowed to receive care packages.”50 “My family members cannot get permission for a visit”, “My mother cannot get permission for a visit”, “They don’t allow us to be visited by our families”.51 “We have no visits since they are prohibited here.”52 According to IAB TDF members of staff, the prisoners’ right to receive visits from their families or other persons is not observed since there are no special visiting rooms in the institutions. Indeed, the monitoring showed that 42 (89.4%) out of the 47 TDFs have no visiting rooms. Special visiting rooms are available in five IAB TDFs, namely in the Bishkek city IAD TDF, Talas Oblast IAD TDF, Balykchy city IAB TDF, and Toktogul and Djumgal District IAB TDFs. Diagram 8. Visiting rooms in TDFs. However, even in those IAB TDFs that lack special visiting rooms, the personnel ensure that the detainees’ right to receive visits from their families is respected. All visits in these institutions take place in investigation rooms. 46.6% of the respondents reported no obstacles for receiving visits from their families. One of the respondents shared that IAB TDF staff members request money for making visits happen. 49 50 51 52 Internal regulations, par. 4.22., 4.25. Monitoring report No. 4/5/З/1.1. Monitoring report No. 7/6/З/1.1., 1.3., 1.4. Monitoring report No. 10/12-14/3/1.9. 27