Situation during visit (See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Information received in the reporting period by the police officers. Non-governmental sources: Due to recent police reforms and increased professionalization, noticeable improvements have been achieved in relation to eradicating torture during police interrogations and police detention. Reportedly, there are persistent accounts of torture and other forms of ill-treatment of detainees within the penitentiary system. The ill-treatment consists mostly of beatings, but also of other forms of humiliation, such as insults and provocations. In addition, ―telefono‖ (slamming the ears with both hands) and the hanging upside-down are reportedly used as torture methods in prison. Newly arrived detainees are reportedly subjected to a ―welcoming beating‖ after being transferred to prison. According to some sources, there was an average of one fatal beating per year in prison. In late March 2011, one detainee had reportedly died of his severe wounds inflicted on him by prison guards in Gldani Prison No. 8. Reportedly, the situation of torture and illtreatment vary between different facilities. The facilities most often referred to in this connection are Gldani Prison No. 8 and Prison No. 15 in Ksani. Both the administration of prisons and the prison guards are allegedly involved in abuses of detainees. In addition, special task forces, both at the central penitentiary department in the Ministry of Corrections and Legal A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 64 Recommendations (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Steps taken in previous years (See: A/HRC/4/33/Add.2, A/HRC/7/3/Add.2 and A/HRC/16/52/Add.2)