CONTENTS
1. REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE
MECHANISM.................................................................................................... 7
1.1. PREVENTIVE VISITS................................................................................... 7
1.2. COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS.............................................. 7
1.3. WORKING METHODOLOGY AND TRAINING OF THE NMP STAFF......... 12
2. SITUATION IN PENITENTIARY ESTABLISHMENTS.......................................... 15
2.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW................................................................................ 15
2.2. ILL-TREATMENT IN PENITENTIARY ESTABLISHMENTS........................... 21
2.3. ORDER AND SAFETY IN PLACES FOR THE DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY... 30
2.4. PRISON CONDITIONS................................................................................ 52
2.5. PENITENTIARY HEALTHCARE................................................................... 88
2.6. SPECIAL CATEGORIES............................................................................... 128
2.7. CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD................................................... 156
2.8. REQUEST/COMPLAINT MECHANISMS IN THE PENITENTIARY
SYSTEM OF GEORGIA............................................................................... 171
3. LIBERTY DEPRIVATION ESTABLISHMENT....................................................... 185
3.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW................................................................................ 185
3.2. TORTURE AND INHUMANE OR DEGRADING TREATMENT.................... 185
3.3. SECURITY................................................................................................... 186
3.4. CONDITIONS OF IMPRISONMENT........................................................... 187
3.5. MEDICAL SERVICE..................................................................................... 190
3.6. REGIME, DISCIPLINARY LIABILITY, INCENTIVES..................................... 192
3.7. CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD................................................... 194
4. SITUATION IN AGENCIES SUBORDINATED TO THE MINISTRY OF
INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF GEORGIA.................................................................... 197
4.1. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................... 197
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