| 2017 | The NPM found during his visits to detention facilities that cells in several penitentiary institutions in Hungary did not meet the statutory minimum size per capita of living space. The NPM recommended the following: Due to the inadequate lighting of premises, the dirty, mouldy walls, the worn furniture, and the degraded courtyard, the Central Holding Facility should be completely renovated. | Report details |
| 2018 | The NPM report requests the Chief Commander of the National Penitentiary System to make sure that the toilets in every multi-occupancy cell are partitioned in a way to allow the detainees to use them in a separate space and to make sure that damaged cell equipment and furniture are repaired as soon as possible. | Report details |
| 2019 | The NPM report request an effort to guarantee the minimum 6 m2 living space in the cells and highlights the need to guarantee the availability of a sufficient number of showers with adequate ventilation, the reparation or replacement of broken items in the toilets and the regular change of bedsheets. | Report details |
| 2023 | During the investigation of the Tolna County Penitentiary Institute the NPM found that the legal requirements for adequate living space were not met in three of the cells. One was a conveyor cell with a living space of 5.74 m2 for 1 person, another was a 4 m2 “raving” cell with a living space of 4 m2 for 1 person, and the third was a cell with a living space of 5.63 m2 for 1 person. | Report details |