the location, number and nature of the injury, which in some cases raise the suspicion on alleged illtreatment. With this method, in 2020, a special preventive group detected 463 suspicious cases.283 These cases include both administrative and criminal detentions/arrests. According to the data, in 159 (34.3%) of the 463 mentioned cases, the administratively detained persons received injuries during and/or after the arrest. As for the dynamics by years, in 2016 administrative detainees received bodily injuries during arrest and/or after arrest in 12.8% of suspicious cases studied by a special preventive group, in 2017 the same rate - 26.4%, in 2018 - 26.8% and in 2019 - 31.8%, while in 2020 the statistical figure did not change significantly compared to the previous year (34.4%). According to the assessment of the special preventive group, since 2017, the trend of deteriorating treatment of persons detained under administrative rules has been maintained. It should be noted that the official statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for 2020 on the injuries on the bodies of persons placed in temporary detention isolators have not changed significantly compared to previous years.284 In 2020, 11891 persons were placed in temporary detention isolators, of which a total of 8761 persons were injured. Of these, 150 persons had received injuries after arrest, accounting for 1.7% of the total number of injured persons detained. As for the previous years, in 2019 the figure was 1.5%285 and in 2018 it was 1.4%286. In 2020, 521 persons placed in temporary detention facilities received injuries during and/or after detention, accounting for 5.9% of those taken in with injuries. In 2019, these statistics were 6.3% (656 cases), and in 2018 - 5.6% (467 cases). In addition, by 2020, 341 persons placed in temporary detention facilities had complaints against the police, including 290 persons for physical abuse, accounting for 2.8% and 2.4% of the total number of persons placed in isolators, respectively. In 2019, this figure was 2.8% (429 cases) and 2.3% (343 cases), while in 2018 it was 2.3% (303 cases) and 2% (256 cases). As part of the inspection, the Special Preventive Group also analyzed data on persons with injuries taken in penitentiary institutions. According to the information provided by the Special Penitentiary Service, in 2020, a total of 557 persons were admitted to penitentiary institutions with injuries, of which 40 persons (7.2%) were injured during the arrest and 37 persons (6.6%) after the arrest. It is noteworthy that The inspection was carried out in the territorial police bodies and temporary placement isolators in Kakheti, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Guria, Adjara, Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Mtskheta-Mtianeti and Samegrelo regions. 284 Information is available at the following address: https://info.police.ge/page?id=233 [Last visited on 08.02.2021]. 285 In 2019, a total of 15,191 persons were placed in temporary placement isolators, of which 10,348 persons were injured. 155 people were injured after their arrest. 286 In 2018, a total of 12,995 people were placed in temporary detention facilities, of which 8,320 were injured. Of these, 116 persons had received injuries after the arrest. 283 93