To motivate prisoners to engage in various rehabilitation activities, start working in 2021 on the
introduction of a mechanism that will have a direct impact on reducing the remaining sentence or
changing the type of sentence.
Juveniles
To the Minister of Justice of Georgia:
Ensure implementation of the rehabilitation activities tailored to the individual needs of juveniles
Construct a separate part for juvenile defendants in N11 juvenile rehabilitation facility
Amendment Article 4 paragraph 4 of the Joint Order of the Minister of Justice of Georgia and the
Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social
Affairs of Georgia (N388 – N01-18/N), according to which juveniles will be provided with four
healthy meals, of which one should be a three-component lunch, as well as provide fresh
vegetables and fruits to the juveniles' food menu
Provide juveniles with understandable (simple) language information about their rights and
responsibilities and the complaint mechanism; increase the role of the social worker, so that after
being admitted to the institution, the social worker explains in detail to the juvenile their rights
and responsibilities, the request/complaint submission and review procedures; further, work
individually or in groups with prisoners on a regular basis on the subject of their rights and
responsibilities, the request/complaint submission and review procedure; among them, the
above-mentioned information should be provided to the juvenile in the form of a brochure in a
language understandable (simple) for the juvenile and posted in places accessible to the them.
The Investigative Body of the Special Penitentiary Service should study the practice of placement
of juveniles in the de-escalation room and in a safe cell in the N8 facility and full body check of
juveniles in N8 and N11 penitentiary institutions, and inform the Public Defender of the results.
Take all measures to create specially designed soothing rooms instead of safe cells, which should
be used only as a last measure and its duration should not exceed a few hours, during which time
juveniles should be provided with proper human communication and multidisciplinary work
should be carried out to calm them down in order to plan activities necessary for the risk and
needs assessment and for correction of behavior
Foreigners
Proposal to the Parliament of Georgia
Amend the Imprisonment Code and allow foreign convicts whose families do not have access to
short and long visits due to living abroad to have video Meetings
To the Minister of Justice of Georgia:
Study the reasons why prisoners' linguistic, religious and cultural characteristics cannot be taken
into account when they are placed in cells, and develop a plan to address this problem.
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