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06/16/2025
The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers On approval of the Procedure for the operation of places of detention and requirements for the detention of persons subject to arrest
Original names of the law: Кыргыз Республикасынын Министрлер Кабинетинин Камак өтөө жайларынын иштөө тартибин бекитүү жөнүндө токтому
Year: 2022
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Liberty & security of person
Description
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic's Resolution No. 55, dd. February 7, 2022, approves the Procedure for Functioning of Arrest Facilities and Requirements for Detainee Treatment. This resolution, based on the Code of Offenses and the Constitutional Law "On the Cabinet of Ministers," also dictates state budget funding for these facilities and directs the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Health to implement its provisions.
Selected provisions
10. The following requirements are imposed on the premises for holding persons under arrest:
- the temperature of the premises must not be lower than +18 degrees Celsius. With the onset of darkness, electric lighting or alternative energy sources (generators, solar panels) are turned on in the premises, which are provided until full dawn;
- each room must have an area of at least 6 square meters;
- the walls of the premises are plastered smoothly and must not adjoin the common corridor;
- the door must be without handles on the inside, open outward and close with a bolt and lock. The door is also equipped with a viewing window made of unbreakable transparent plexiglass, the size of which allows for observation of persons under arrest.
11. In the wall of each room facing the room of the operational duty officer, an opening of the maximum possible width and a height of at least 2 meters is installed, filled with a lattice partition with a lattice door. The partition and door are made of strip steel with a cell size of 200 mm ⨯ 200 mm. Each cell is filled with tightly attached organic glass, at least 5 mm thick. The size of the door leaf should be 0.75 m ⨯ 1.8 m. The doors are closed on the outside with a latch. Above the lattice partition, the brick wall should be at least 380 mm thick.
12. The premises must have windows in the outer walls 0.9 m wide and 0.6 m high. The bottom of the window should be located at a height of at least 1.6 m from the floor level. In window openings, slopes with rounded corners are used instead of window sills.
13. On the outside of the window opening or between the window frames, a metal grate made of round steel with a diameter of 20 mm and transverse strips with a cross-section of 60 mm ⨯ 12 mm is installed. The dimensions of the grate cells must be 120 mm ⨯ 200 mm. The embedded parts for fastening the grates must be embedded in the wall by 100 mm ⨯ 150 mm.
14. Mechanically actuated supply ventilation and naturally actuated exhaust ventilation are installed in the premises.
15. Persons subject to arrest are placed on metal beds or trestle beds (plank beds) whose bases are firmly connected to the floor. The standard sanitary area in the premises per person is set at 3.25 square meters, and bedding is provided.
16. There must be no protruding pipes, fasteners, or objects inside the premises that can be used by the delivered persons to attempt suicide or attack other persons.
Heating radiators in the premises are protected by casings made of sheet iron or grates without sharp protrusions.
17. Electrical wiring is laid hidden under the plaster. Electric lamps for lighting the rooms are placed in niches above the door or on the ceiling and are protected by metal gratings/nets.
18. Alarms and video surveillance cameras are installed in the premises for holding persons subject to arrest.