investigatory isolators, penitentiary institutions, penal colony settlements, and special institutions (see Appendix 1). The PS has undertaken a number of actions to improve the conditions in the establishments concerned. This has, first and foremost, followed from the requirement of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Making Additions and Amendments to the Punishment Execution Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan” of 24 June 2008 with regard to the humanization of the rules related to the enforcement and serving of sentences. As such, the duration of telephone conversations allowed to prisoners were increased from 10 to 15 minutes, their quantity also were increased for persons deprived of liberty for certain period of sentence form 12 times a year to once a week, and for life-sentenced persons from six times a year to twice a month. In order to settle the issues arisen in this respect, an additional land line has been allocated for the use of detainees in PIs No.1, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16. Persons sentenced to life imprisonment have been granted the right to make phone calls twice a month, have 6 short visits and 2 long visits during a year, and receive 8 parcels, packages and banderols during a year. In order to safeguard the rights of the convicts who have been allowed to watch TV programs by the new law, in the wards of the SMI intended for persons sentenced to life imprisonment 8 TV sets, in the MI 1 TV set, in the cell-type rooms of PI No.8 13 TV sets, in the cells of the Prison 148 TV sets, hence, in total 170 TV sets have been installed and given for the use of convicts. At the same time, convicts have been allowed to change TV channels themselves and the time allowed for watching TV has been increased from 2 hours up to 4 hours. In order to guarantee the right of convicts to express their opinions with regard to decisions on application of disciplinary measures or to file a grievance against them, when the chief of a penitentiary institution or a person substituting for him/her issues such a decision, convicts, being explained their rights to voice an opinion on or file a grievance against it, are invited to sign the decision in the place specially allocated for that purpose. In case the convict refuses to sign, a corresponding report is drawn up and added to the personal file of the convict. 45