for the Prevention of Torture, according to which, the maximum period of placing a person in the deescalation room should not exceed 24 hours55 and in some cases may equal inhuman and degrading treatment. The Public Defender/Special Preventive Group considers that the current practice of placing prisoners in the de-escalation rooms and solitary confinement (so-called safe) cells for a long time represents cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Prisoners with mental disorders: Due to the lack of psycho-social support services and other management resources in the facilities, prisoners with mental health problems and at risk of harming others or themselves due to their psycho-emotional state are placed in the de-escalation room for a long time. The Special Preventive Group believes that the increased statistics on the placement in the deescalation room in Establishment No. 2 is directly related to the reduction of psycho-social support services.56 In addition, the de-escalation rooms in Establishment No. 2 are controlled by only one officer, who, during emergency, shall call another officer on duty and enter the de-escalation room only after the latter arrives. When entering the de-escalation room, the officer tries to eliminate risks mainly by using handcuffs. Several similar cases have occurred in Establishment No. 2. In particular, handcuffs were used in 41 cases in Establishment No. 2 from January 1, 2019 to July 15, 2019, mostly for 3-4 hours, and in some cases from 7 to 17 hours. In one case, handcuffs and excessive force were used against a prisoner with severe mental health problems for a long time (16 hours), which made the patient suffer. It should be noted that the placement of a prisoner in the de-escalation room should inter alia serve the purpose of preventing the prisoner from harming himself. However, none of the de-escalation rooms is arranged so that to minimize the risk of self-harm,57 while the conditions of detention in these rooms often result in the deteriorated psycho-emotional state of prisoners with mental disorders. 55 Report (CPT/Inf (2019)16) of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture on the visit paid to Georgia on September 10-21, 2018, para. 94, available in English at: <https://rm.coe.int/1680945eca> [last accessed: 07.02.2020]. 56 In Establishment No. 2, until February 22, 2019, adult prisoners had been served by 3 psychologists. As a result of the reorganization, only one psychologist was left in the facility, who was dismissed on May 14. Since then, the facility has been visited 2-3 times a month by the psychologist of Establishment No. 14, who is unable to provide individual psycho-therapeutic services and is limited to making descriptions of the convicts. As for a psychiatrist, until May 2019, one psychiatrist had been working full time in the facility, who quit in May; since then, the facility has been visited by a consultant psychiatrist for several hours 3 times a week. 57 The de-escalation room is a standard empty cell with the cement floor and poorly painted, dirty walls. There is a solid leather mattress on the floor; the room has a little dirty window that cannot provide natural light; there is a lack of air in the room and the smell of dampness. In addition, the toilet is covered by the surveillance camera. 35