CPT _2010_ 82 - EN - Report Armenia 2010 _2_ - The Government ...

- 76 -National Security Service establishmentsIll-treatmentrecommendations- all National Security Service officials to be given the clear message that the ill-treatment ofdetained persons is not acceptable and will be the subject of severe sanctions (paragraph 56);- the Armenian authorities to take measures to improve the professional training of NationalSecurity Service officials, in the light of the remarks in paragraph 57 (paragraph 57).comments- the recommendations made in Section II.A.4 (procedural safeguards against police illtreatment)apply equally to persons deprived of their liberty by the National Security Service(paragraph 57).Conditions of detentionrecommendations- the shortcomings referred to in paragraph 59 as regards the exercise yard of the NationalSecurity Service detention facility in Yerevan to be remedied (paragraph 59).Prison Service establishmentsPreliminary remarksrecommendations- the Armenian authorities to redouble their efforts to combat prison overcrowding and, in sodoing, to be guided by all the relevant recommendations of the Committee of Ministers ofthe Council of Europe (paragraph 61);- the Armenian authorities to strive to develop programmes of activities for both sentencedand remand prisoners. The aim should be to ensure that both categories of prisoner are ableto spend a reasonable part of the day (8 hours or more) outside their cells, engaged inpurposeful activities of a varied nature (paragraph 62);- the Armenian authorities to step up their efforts to combat corruption in the prison system.Further, all prison staff and public officials associated with the prison system should begiven the clear message that obtaining or demanding undue advantages from prisoners ortheir relatives is not acceptable; this message should be reiterated in an appropriate form atsuitable intervals (paragraph 63).