MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE
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Ternopil Region: temporary holding facilities – 2, special reception centers for
persons under administrative arrest – 1, city, district and line police units – 3;
Kharkiv Region: temporary holding facilities – 1, special reception centers for
persons under administrative arrest – 1, city, district and line police units – 3;
Kherson Region: temporary holding facilities – 2 , city, district and line police
units – 4;
Khmelnytsky Region: temporary holding facilities – 3, special reception centers for persons under administrative arrest – 1, city, district and line police
units – 4;
Cherkasy Region (two rounds of visits): temporary holding facilities – 2, special reception centers for persons under administrative arrest – 2, city, district
and line police units – 2;
City of Kyiv: special reception centers for persons under administrative arrest
– 1, district police authorities – 2, territorial police units – 1.
Some of the shortcomings revealed in the course of monitoring visits may
be assessed as cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, specifically:
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persons held at special facilities or in the duty units’ rooms for apprehended and
detained persons receive meals in an untimely manner and of poor quality;
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individuals with tuberculosis, inclusive of its active form, are held in the same cell
with the healthy;
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non-fulfillment of medics’ recommendations on additional in-hospital
examination of individuals who received medical assistance, which threatens the
life and health of such individuals;
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untimely exercise opportunities for detainees;
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absence of permanent and free access to running, drinking and hot water;
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