activities tailored to their needs not only contradicts the principle of normalization52 but also negatively affects physical and mental health, which in turn increases the risk of violence against prisoners,53 directly contradicts to international standards54 and may amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. In the assessment of the Special Preventive Group, it is important that the facility systematically investigates the causes of each incident and develops a specific prevention plan aimed at positively changing the behavior of prisoners and implement it in an atmosphere of communication and care. Prisoners in closed and high-risk facilities should enjoy a relatively light day regime within their facility. In particular, they should be given the opportunity to meet with other inmates of the facility and engage in various activities. The aim should be to establish a positive relationship between staff and prisoners. 2.3.2.2. Prolonged isolation of prisoners as ill-treatment A monitoring conducted in 2020 reveals that, as in previous years, the practice of long-term isolation of prisoners in closed and high risk establishments is problematic. During a visit to facility N3, it was found that the number of inmates placed in the cells alone had increased. During the visit in 2020, 34 prisoners were placed alone in the cell, while during the visit on September 16-17, this number in 2019 was 27. The facility still holds inmates alone for months and years. For example, in one case the inmate was placed in solitary confinement from 22 March 2018, and in two cases from 18 August 2018 onwards, and their solitary confinement continued during the special preventive group visit (July 2020). In addition, during a visit to the facility N6 in 2020, more than half of the inmates were placed in solitary confinement, a significant portion of whom had been in solitary confinement for months. According to the statute of the penitentiary institution, prisoners are usually placed in single or double cells.55 The decision to place a prisoner in a single or double cell is at the discretion of the director and the obligation to substantiate this decision is not normatively set fourth. Accordingly, this provision allows the director of a special risk detention facility to place a prisoner in a solitary confinement cell for a long time without a reasoned decision and to limit for a long time the possibility of contact with another prisoner. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture always pays special attention to the issue of isolation of prisoners, as this measure can be extremely harmful to a person's mental, somatic or social well-being. This damage may arise immediately and increase as long as the inmate keeps being isolated "Prison life should be as close as possible to the positive aspects of public life." European Prison Rules, Rule N5. Available at: <https://rm.coe.int/european-prison-rules-978-92-871-5982-3/16806ab9ae > [last visited: 31.01.2021]. 53 See the report of the Public Defender "Impact of detention conditions on the health of prisoners", 2018, p. 118-124, available at: < http://www.ombudsman.ge/res/docs/2019060317571314166.pdf >, [last visited: 31.01.2021]. 54 European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) 21st General Report, CPT/info (2011) 28, Strasbourg, Council of Europe, 2011, para: 52. 55 Statute of the N6 Penitentiary Establishment approved by the Order N108 of the Minister of Corrections and Probation of Georgia on August 27, 2015, Article 15. 52 36