Example: from the interview with a detainee: “I was beaten hard and an ambulance was called. The ambulance team gave me some pills and said that I need to be inspected in a hospital, but I have not been taken anywhere.”136 Example: In an ambulance calls register of the TDF of Tyup district IAB, as many as six ambulance calls were registered for the same detainee within a span of 25 days. Based on the records left in the register, the detainee was in the state of emergency. He complained about “shortness of breath, swelling of the lower extremities of his arms and legs, blood pressure 110/80, poor urination, lower back pain. Diagnosis: renal colic. Hospitalization required. Medicines received: aminophylline 24% - 10.0, furosemide - 4.0 V / m”. The register entry does not indicate the name of the health care worker who diagnosed the detainee and prescribed treatment to him. No data on hospitalization of the detainee exists. In some TDFs, as is the case with the Sokuluk district IAB TDF, necessary medical aid to prisoners is offered in accordance with an agreement with a local hospital, where a special ward for detainees exists. The monitoring also revealed violations of international standards pertaining to the duties of a medical officer to conduct regular inspections and notify the administration of the institution about the quantity, quality and service of food; the hygiene and cleanliness of the institution and the prisoners; the sanitation, heating, lighting and ventilation of the institution; the suitability and cleanliness of the prisoners’ clothing and bedding. These requirements were discovered not to be met in those TDFs where a there was a medical officer. D. DAILY EXERCISE International Standard Every prisoner who is not employed in outdoor work shall have at least one hour of suitable exercise in the open air daily if the weather permits.137 In-country Legislation Every suspected or accused person shall have the right to have at least one-hour walk daily.138 Minors, suspected and accused persons shall have at least two-hour walk daily.139 The Internal Regulations duplicated the right of suspected and accused persons to daily walks. However, the document appeared not to enshrine any specific requirement for the length of walks for under-age suspected or accused persons.140 For the purpose of walks, a special exercise yard (yards) shall be arranged on the TDF protected area. The number of such yards shall be determined based on the need to provide walks during daylight hours for all persons detained in the TDF.141 It follows from the above descriptions that it is stuffy and dark in IAB TDFs’ cells which are small. Being held in a closed and darkened room, prisoners not only have the right to walks that is provided for by the international standards for the treatment of prisoners and is rather clearly articulated in the in-country legislation, but they also need daily walks outdoors. The observers pointed out that detainees in 8 (17%) IAB TDFs are completely deprived of the right to daily walks. 136 137 138 140 141 139 Monitoring Report No. 12/1/3/1.1. Standard minimum rules. Rule 21. Law on the procedure of the detention. Art. 16. Law on the procedure of the detention. Art. 29. Internal Regulations. Par. 4.33. Internal Regulations. Par. 4.35. 57

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