 24 hours should be determined as the maximum period of placement in the de-escalation room and if after 24 hours the grounds for placement in the de-escalation room or solitary (safe) cell are not eliminated, the prisoner should be immediately transferred to the psychiatric ward of N18 medical institution or other civil psychiatric establishment for adequate psychiatric treatment  The Monitoring Department of the Special Penitentiary Service through a systematic inspection should: o In order to prevent ill-treatment of prisoners ensure the study and respond to the practice of long-term placement of detainees with mental health problems in de-escalation rooms and solitary confinement cells, use of handcuffs and non-delivery of psychiatric care o Ensure the study of the practice of transferring prisoners to the de-escalation rooms and solitary confinement cells in penitentiary institutions without a legal basis, and follow-up response, in order to prevent ill-treatment of prisoners Prolonged isolation of prisoners as ill-treatment To the Minister of Justice of Georgia  In 2021, by amending the regulations of penitentiary institutions, determine the maximum term of isolation of prisoners, as well as the obligation to revise the measure of isolation 14 days after the application of this measure and thereafter, at the same interval. Practice of full body search of prisoners as ill-treatment To the Minister of Justice of Georgia  The obligation to observe the principles of individual risk assessment and compliance with the principles of proportionality during the full Body search shall be determined by the issuance of a new normative act or by amendment to the regulations of penitentiary institutions; the obligation to offer alternative methods (scanners) for full body search of the prisoner should be determined; the requirement to expose different parts of a person's body at the same time in complete nudity should be prohibited. Overcrowding of penitentiary institutions To the Minister of Justice of Georgia  Include in the plan on the dealing with the problem of overcrowding in penitentiary institutions a commitment to increase the number of regime staff working in the wings of inmates' housing units so that at least one staff member responsible for maintaining order and security comes to 15 inmates  In 2021, ensure the separation of defendants from convicts in the Establishments N2 and N8, at least in separate cells 74

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