Table of contents Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................... 2 1. 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 2

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