30 4. List of domestic places of detention All the organs addressed by my letters complied with my data request. According to the data provided to me, on December 31, 2016, there were 113,388 persons held at about 4,000 places of detention under Hungarian jurisdiction60 with a total capacity of 122,927.61 4.1. The NPM’s schedule of visits for 2016 Under Article 20, Paragraph e) of the OPCAT, the NPM shall be granted the liberty to choose the places it wants to visit. On December 15, 2015, based on the list of the places of detention and taking into account the CCB’s suggestions, I determined the NPM’s Schedule of Visits for the year 2016.62 When preparing the schedule, in addition to selecting places of detention of different nature, geographical locations, and operators, my colleagues also took into account the age structure of persons deprived of their liberty and the locations covered by the 2015 Schedule of Visits. The locations of follow-up inspections were designated on the basis of recommendations set forth in the reports on the NPM’s earlier visits, taking into account time frames rationally needed for their implementation. This document was handled confidentially, even my colleagues working at other organizational units did not have access thereto. 4.2. Locations visited by the NPM in 2016 In accordance with Article 19 of the OPCAT, the NPM’s task is to regularly examine the treatment of the persons deprived of their liberty in places of detention as defined in article 4, with a view to strengthening, if necessary, their protection against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Performing the tasks of the NPM, in 2016 I visited 10 places of detention holding 3,061 detainees. The schedule below contains the dates of the visits, the name of the places of detention and the number of detainees. 60 61 62 On the subject of jurisdiction, see Section 18 of Act CXL of 2004 on the General Rules of Administrative Proceedings and Services. These data may be found in my Office under file number AJB-700/2017. “Guidelines on national preventive mechanism,” CAT/OP/12/5, Clause 33.