National Preventive Mechanism In addition to the aforementioned persons, the convicts would also name the following employees: George Jgarkava, the regime officer and the officer Temur Korshia. They mentioned that this list was not comprehensive. Penitentiary establishment No 6 in Rustavi On September 23, 2012, the Special Preventive Group of Public Defender of Georgia carried out a special monitoring at Rustavi Establishment N6. According to the convicts held in the cell N84 of the Establishment N6, they had been on a hunger strike since September 23rd. The convicts were demanding the investigation of the facts of physical assault that had taken place against them at different times in the past in the Ksani Establishment N15 (the former Establishment N7), the Rustavi Establishment N16, and the Kutaisi Medical Establishments N2 and N18. In addition to the hunger strike, the aforementioned convicts also resorted to another form of protest. Specifically, on September 22nd, 2012, two convicts sewed themselves to each other with upper limbs with a sewing thread, while the remaining four convicts sewed their upper limbs to their bunks with a sewing thread. According to the convicts, no facts of ill-treatment or other types of pressure against them on the part of the administration of the establishment had taken place during those days. The convicts were demanding a meeting with the representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office and punishment of the former employees of Penitentiary Department - Davit Chakua, Robert Arakelov, Aleko Mukhadze, Goga Butliashvili, Levan Lezhava, Giorgi Kokhreidze, Vazha Tskhvediani, Davit Mumladze, Dato Narsia, Roma Robakidze (Tura), Aladashvili, and persons called Aleksa, Khonski, and Ilo. PENITENTIARY ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE WEST OF GEORGIA Early morning of September 19th, 2012, the special monitoring started in the Zugdidi Establishment N4. In more details, two visits were carried out to the Zugdidi Establishment N 4 on September 19th, 2012 – one of them very early in the morning when majority of the prisoners were asleep, though those who were awake were interviewed. According to them, the administration has not undertaken any pressure against them during those days. In addition, none of the prisoners had been placed in the solitary confinement cell. The prisoners made the same statement the same day, on 19 September during the second visit of Public Defender representative. The next visit to the Zugdidi Establishment N 4 was undertaken on 20 September 2012 and the situation inside the establishment was normal and the Establishment was operating in a normal regime. Additional visit to the above mentioned establishment was undertaken on September 22nd, 2012. During the visit, the group of inmates handed Public Defender representative a written statement listing all the Establishment staff involved in their ill-treatment in the past. According to the prisoners, the following staff members displayed special cruelty against the prisoners: Amiran Janashia – director of the Establishment, Dimitri Jichonaia – former deputy director, other staff members – Romeo Rogava, Koba Antia, Gogita Gabisonia, Temur Gogoli, Levan Kodua, Papuna Kiria, Guram Kvaratskhelia, Onise (they didn’t know his family name) and some Iosava (they didn’t know his first name), as well as some Zaza who was the driver of the Director. The statement was signed by 7 convicts. On September 23rd, 2012, the visit was undertaken to the Establishment N4 and the person who had handed over the written statement the previous day was visited. The convicts reported that they have not been subjected to any type of pressure and expressed their satisfaction with the treatment from the side of the administration that has considerably improved. www.ombudsman.ge NPM Report