The isolation wards have not been renovated for the last 10 years. The water supply system doesn’t function. There is no access to water. The showers are inoperative. Mattresses and blankets are old. There is no bedding. This is stated in the report of human rights defenders following the results of preventive visits to temporary detention centers in Chui oblast and Bishkek.
There are no winter showers in the temporary detention centers of Panfilov and Moscow districts. In Zhayil and Sokuluk districts, showers don’t work. In Tokmok, there is a poor water head; there is none at all in summer.
“We received many complaints about the conditions of detention, including the inability to wash. Only in the Department of Internal Affairs of Issyk-Ata district, all the respondents said that they have the opportunity to take a shower by turn. They also told that the shower room is clean and constantly disinfected,” said the employees of the human rights movement “One World” [“Bir Duino”].
In addition, in some temporary detention centers, there were complaints about the lack of blankets and the low temperature in the cells.
“There were some complaints about the quality and norm of food in the temporary detention center of Panfilov district. Two persons under investigation reported that they were given a half loaf of bread and lean food a day. The survey showed that food is provided in all temporary detention centers once a day, excepting the temporary detention center under the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of Bishkek, where three meals are organized a day, and there are two meals a day in Kemin district,” the human rights activists note.
In their recommendations to eliminate the identified violations, the civil defenders expressed an opinion concerning the need to raise food standards, amendments and additions to the by-laws to establish three meals a day in temporary detention centers. Today, the article 21 of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On the procedure and conditions for persons who were detained on suspicion and accusation of committing crimes” and the clause 4.32 of the Internal Regulations of the temporary detention centers note that suspects and accused are provided with free food sufficient to maintain their health and strength at norms.
“In almost all temporary detention centers, the conditions of detention of persons under investigation and arrested can be equated with cruel treatment, and in certain cases even with torture,” the inspectors concluded.
It’s worth adding that the survey in the temporary detention centers was carried out from September 2020 to February 2021. In total, there were 27 visits to the isolation wards of Chui oblast and Bishkek. Employees of the Ombudsman Institute, the National Center for the Prevention of Torture, and the human rights movement “One World” [“Bir Duino”] took part in the inspection.
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