Table of contents
Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................... 2
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Review of the performance of the National Preventive Mechanism ................................................................ 4
Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................................4
Preventive visits ........................................................................................................................................................6
Evaluation of the implementation of recommendations ........................................................................................8
Communication with stakeholders ........................................................................................................................ 11
Dialogue with state bodies ............................................................................................................................. 11
Public relations ....................................................................................................................................................... 18
Participation in international events ..................................................................................................................... 20
Relations with NGOs and donor organizations ..................................................................................................... 20
Working methodology and trainings for members of the National Preventive Mechanism ..................... 21
Consultative Council...................................................................................................................................... 21
Working methodology................................................................................................................................... 22
Trainings for staff ........................................................................................................................................... 22
2. Penitentiary system.......................................................................................................................................... 22
2.1. Implementation of the recommendations offered in the 2018 Report of the National Preventive Mechanism
..................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Proposals to the Parliament of Georgia ......................................................................................................... 23
2.2. Violence-free environment ............................................................................................................................. 32
2.3. Detection, documentation and investigation of cases of violence ................................................................. 40
Overcrowding ................................................................................................................................................ 44
Informal governance ...................................................................................................................................... 45
High-risk facilities .......................................................................................................................................... 47
2.5. Conditions of detention ................................................................................................................................... 48
Physical environment .................................................................................................................................... 48
Day schedule and rehabilitation activities .................................................................................................... 50
2.6. Contact with the outside world ....................................................................................................................... 52
2.7. Requests/complaints......................................................................................................................................... 53
2.8. Special categories of prisoners ......................................................................................................................... 56
2.9. Penitentiary health care .................................................................................................................................. 59
Mental health care ......................................................................................................................................... 61
3.
Ministry of Internal Affairs ........................................................................................................................... 71
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