During this monitoring, serious violations were discovered.
Currently, there are 1,102 people held in this correctional facility.
One of the main problems is overcrowding: the area allocated per prisoner is significantly below the regulatory requirements.
According to Article 99 of the Criminal Executive Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, the minimum living space for one prisoner must be at least two square meters.
However, as the inspection results showed, in colony No. 27, the average living space per prisoner is only 1.6 square meters.
Representatives of the center for the prevention of torture and monitoring of human rights inspected the barrack facilities, which consist of two rooms.
In the first room of the building, with an area of 16.5 square meters, 10 prisoners live, while in the second room, with an area of 23.1 square meters, there are 14 people.
In the second building, 15 prisoners are placed in a room of 26.4 square meters, while another room, designed for 10 people, has an area of 16.5 square meters.
It is worth noting that until 2023, colony No. 27 was designed for 750 places, and in 2026 the limit was increased to 2,000, while no new living quarters were built.
Legislation establishes that the maximum capacity of the colony should be determined based on the actual area of living quarters.
In response to the identified violations, the Ombudsman Institute sent recommendations to the State Service for Execution of Sentences to increase the living space in institution No. 27 in accordance with current standards.
As part of the monitoring, the Institute's employees held conversations with prisoners and received three statements.
One of the prisoners, a German citizen serving 5 years under Article 332 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, requested to notify the German embassy about his stay in the colony.
Another inmate sought assistance in obtaining a pardon. He reported that he had already submitted such a petition in December 2025 but was denied.
The Institute's employees offered him legal advice on matters related to the procedure for submitting pardon applications.
He was informed that a repeated petition could be submitted after serving half of the sentence, and also, in the absence of new circumstances, a year after the refusal of the previous application.
