3.3. TEMPORARY DETENTION ISOLATORS
The positive changes made concerning TDIs were already discussed in the introduction. The faulty
practices of examination of injuries on arrested persons by medical professionals employed in TDIs and
documenting these injures were addressed as well. This subchapter concerns the rest of the
shortcomings identified during the monitoring.
One of the challenges in the reporting period was the absence of medical centres in 14 TDIs which is
half of the number of TDIs under the Department of Temporary Detention Isolation of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs (29 in total).
A problem of understaffing of TDIs was identified as well. It should be particularly mentioned that
there are no female employees in 21 TDIs, which creates problems during personal examination of
women to be placed in TDIs.
A number of Isolators are not provided with adequate systems of natural and artificial ventilation or
light; sanitation and hygiene are not satisfactory; privacy of WCs in cells is not properly ensured. This
is particularly problematic in multiple-occupancy cells where an arrested person attends to nature call
in the presence of another person/s. Each arrested person is supplied only with dry food in isolators
which is harmful to health.
3.4. ADDITIONAL STATISTICAL DATA ON THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
3.4.1. PERCENTAGE OF SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTS IN 2018, ACCORDING TO ISOLATORS
(SPSS)
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Isolator160
Kakheti reg. TDI (Telavi)
Sagarejo TDI
Sighnaghi TDI
Kvareli TDI
Imereti, Ratcha-Lechkhumi and
Kvemo Svaneti reg. TDI (Kutaisi)
Zestaponi TDI
Baghdati TDI
Arrested During
Monitoring161
166
200
76
169
497
Number of
Forms162
25 (15.1 %)
56 (28 %)
8 (10.5 %)
25 (14.8 %)
51 (10.3 %)
Time of Monitoring
120
16
11 (9.2 %)
2 (12.5 %)
23.07
25.07.
18.06.
22.06.
19.06.
19.06.
21-22.07
160
Information about persons in police custody is registered and stored in temporary detention isolators
(hereinafter the “TDI”) Medical examination is carried out in a TDI. This allows following up injuries sustained
before the admission to a TDI. Ranking TDIs does not imply that injuries have been inflicted in a TDI and it is
only for maintaining statistics to make entries.
161 The number of persons placed in a TDI from 1 January 2018 until the date when monitoring was carried out.
162 For obtaining systematised information from case-files, the monitoring group used a specifically designed
questionnaire.
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