60 Petropavlovsk, the members waited a long time for the permission from the head to be able to bring a camera and a voice recorder to the institution. In the consolidated reports on the activities of NPM in previous years, the conditions of detention were of particular concern as most of the buildings were built at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries and carrying out current and capital repairs does not solve issues with maintenance conditions: the outdated sewage system, ventilation, insufficient window size, humidity, and such issues, unfortunately, were not solved in 2018. Long living in such conditions in some cases can be qualified as torture or humiliation of human dignity. Housing, hygiene and sanitary conditions Visits made by NPM members in 2018 to the institutions allow us to make a general conclusion that, despite the general issue of the decay of the buildings, their unsuitability for operational CONSOLIDATED REPORT purposes, the management of these institutions and the Department of the penitentiary system do a lot of work to meet the requirements of international standards and national legislation to create appropriate housing, hygiene and sanitary conditions for the special community. The elimination of a number of important issues depends on the decision made at higher levels of state power and cannot be resolved by the leadership of the institution and the leadership of the Committee of the penitentiary system. Thus, due to the congestion of the establishment EC-166/1 in Astana and due to decay and unsuitability of the building, the sanitary norms of area per person are not observed. In some cells, windows do not open, in some cells there is much humidity, bedding is wet. Living in such premises may lead to the emergence and development of various diseases. During confidential meetings with the persons detained in this pre-trial detention center, complaints