penitentiary institutions, and up to 250 persons kept in other establishments, as
well as up to 300 staff members.
As in previous years, in order to eliminate the deficiencies and shortcomings
revealed during the 2014 visits and to improve detention conditions relevant
proposals and recommendations were submitted to the administrations of the
establishments concerned and to the relevant ministries. The Commissioner was
informed about the appropriate measures taken by the state bodies with regard to
each recommendation.
2.2.1. Establishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
The measures undertaken for improving current detention conditions in
compliance with the modern standards in the temporary detention places of the
internal affairs bodies, and for more efficient protection of human rights in these
facilities have been continued from the previous year.
As each year, the measures were conducted for modernization of the
infrastructure, renewing the material-technical basis, improving the material
conditions in the TDPs. Alongside with these, relevant measures were undertaken
for further improving the treatment of detained persons, elimination of revealed
delinquencies and reasons that caused them, the control over the TDPs was
strengthened.
In order to improve the detention conditions new TDPs have been
constructed and given to exploitation in 36 police bodies. Nowadays, the
construction of TDPs in Binagadi, Pirallahi, Mingachevir, Yevlakh,
Yardimli, Gedebey, Beylagan, Goranboy, Naftalan city and district police
bodies.
In 2014, 219 scheduled and ad-hoc visits were undertaken to the
establishments under the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) by the National
Preventive Group. During these visits private conversations were held with 237
detainees, their detention conditions were evaluated, the state of their subjection
or not to ill-treatment during detention and/or arrest were investigated.
The possibility of subjection to ill-treatment of persons brought to the police
bodies in this or other manner was also a matter of evaluation.
The visit was carried out in the Research Center of the Struggle Against
Illegal Migration Division. The aim of the visit was learning the situation with
implementation of the recommendations on detention conditions put forward
during the previous visits. At the same time, it was found out that despite
functioning of the Research Center of the Struggle against Illegal Migration
Division since April 2013, no detainees were there.
The visit was paid to the TDP of the Biladjary Line Police Office of Head
Police Department in Transport. The aim of the visit was investigation of
detention conditions, treatment and appropriate documentation in the TDP.
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