CONSOLIDATED REPORT violated everywhere. Many detained persons do not believe in the effectiveness of NPM and prosecutors and, accordingly, do not write complaints. According to the persons detained, any complaint is checked by the administration and, if necessary, for unknown reasons, it may not reach the addressee. According to the verbal report received from S. (cell No.615), complaints do not reach the addressee, there is no reaction from the administration. According to the verbal report received from A. (cell No.119), A. (cell No.405), complaints about the administration, the prosecutor’s office or the court may simply not be sent after the administration has read them. Envelopes for petitions or complaints to the prosecutor or the court are not provided. Each complaint is read by the administration and, after studying it, it decides whether to send the envelope or not. There is no log of outgoing petitions or complaints. These facts are a significant violation of Chapter 9 (“The procedure 77 for the submission of proposals, petitions and complaints of suspected and accused persons”) of the Internal Regulations of the pre-trial detention centers of the penitentiary system. Article 85 states: “Proposals, petitions and complaints addressed to the prosecutor or to the court are accepted in a sealed envelope and are not subject to censorship. As they are submitted, they are immediately sent to the addressee”. Detained persons reported that a complaint against the administration may adversely affect the conditions of detention, and, accordingly, many of them are afraid to submit complaints. According to the suspects, their complaints are simply ignored by the administration. Thus, the detainee M., born on January 10, 1991, previously convicted, repeatedly wrote complaints addressed to the head of the institution regarding the conditions of detention in the quarantine department (the petition stated that the bed clothes had never been changed

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