department of the Penitentiary Service provides necessary support by visiting convicted persons. Provision by a newly appointed in July of current year the Chief of Prison of the observance the regime rules, measures realized in the direction of detection and confiscation of prohibited and not allowed items caused to dissatisfaction of a group of convicted persons, as well as to putting forward illegal demands before the administration and using of different forms of protests. In order to prevent such illegal demands and disobedience cases adequate measures according to the legislation were undertaken. Several planned and ad-hoc visits were carried out to Baku Investigation Isolator during the year. The aim of the visits was learning detention conditions in the institution, as well as in the medical-sanitarian unit, treatment of detained persons and existing situation with their medical examination and treatment, as well as the reception of accused persons. During the investigation it was found out that 9 doctors including 4 therapists, one psychiatrist – expert in narcology, one dentist, one phthisiatrician, one roentgenologist, one pharmacist and 9 middle medical personnel, 4 first-aidmen were employed in the medical – sanitarian unit consisting of 70 beds. It was also detected that medical provision of the institution was normal. During the investigation the NPG members visited wards of the medical – sanitarian unit, surgery, dentist, X-ray rooms and others, the rooms where the medicine is kept, more that 20 registration books were reviewed, more than 40 persons were met with in the wards where they get the medical treatment, their health status, the medical service rendered to them was learned, their medical books were reviewed as well. During the conversations with detainees there were no complaints on detention conditions in the medical – sanitarian unit, medical treatment issues or treatment towards the detainees and defected minor shortcomings were eliminated by the administration of the institution upon the recommendations of the NPG members. The NPG members conducted confidential individual meetings with other accused persons detained in the Baku Investigation Isolator. These persons were explained the competences of the Commissioner, as well as of the National Preventive Mechanism, legal advice was given to them. The received persons made no complaints on detention conditions and treatment in the Baku Investigation Isolator. The aim of the next visit paid to Baku Investigation Isolator was investigation of the information spread in the mass media. About death in this institution of A.R. and its possibility as a result of torture. During the investigation the conversations were held with the head of the investigation isolator, controllers of the building the person was kept, the head of 28