Administration of a protected, safe and orderly penitentiary establishment Recommendation to the Minister of Justice:  In the plan for combating overcrowding in penitentiary establishments, increase the number of regime staff working in the prison residential buildings so that to ensure that at least one officer protects the order and safety of 15 prisoners  In order to tackle the issues of criminal subculture and informal governance in the penitentiary establishments, develop a strategy for combating criminal subculture and submit it to the Public Defender’s Office in order to enable the latter to present its opinion Conditions of detention Proposal to the Parliament of Georgia:  Ensure in 2020 that the obligation to provide convicts with a minimum living space of 4 sq.m. is provided for by the Imprisonment Code Recommendations to the Minister of Justice:  Enable the Public Defender’s Office to have access to the concept of the Ministry relating to small facilities and to submit its opinions  In order to provide 4 sq.m. of living space for each prisoner, ensure that prisoners of Establishments Nos. 2, 8, 14, 15 and 17 are equally allocated to the cells or transferred to other facilities of the same type, considering their place of residence   Abolish the so-called "barracks" type buildings Ensure in 2020 that the deficiencies relating to physical environment184 that were described in the report on the monitoring carried out by the National Preventive Mechanism in Penitentiary Establishments Nos. 2, 8, 14 and 15 and in the report on the visit to Establishment No. 3 are examined and appropriately responded Day schedule and rehabilitation Recommendations to the Minister of Justice:  In 2020, allow prisoners in closed and high-risk facilities to stay in the open air for more than an hour 184 Report on the monitoring visit to Establishments Nos. 2, 8, 14 and 15, p. 34-35, available at: < http://www.ombudsman.ge/res/docs/2019121618092132463.pdf > [last accessed: 24.03.2020]. Report on the monitoring visit to Establishment No. 3, p. 17-18, available at: < http://www.ombudsman.ge/res/docs/2020032321170591389.pdf > [last accessed: 24.03.2020] 66