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
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