Recommendations
(E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3)
Situation during visit
(See: 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)
foresees further refurbishment;
The official capacity of the prisons as of
26 January 2009 has been determined by
Decree No. 24 of the Minister of Justice
of Georgia (see appendix 2, table 1);
The Medical Monitoring Unit of the
General Inspection supervises the
activities of the medical services of
penitentiary establishments, as well as the
conditions of detention and leads actions
aimed at combating HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis and other illnesses;
Employment and educational programs
have been gradually introduced , libraries
improved.
Information received in the reporting
period
system by setting prisons standards and
rights of detainees. It addresses the issues
pertinent to prison overcrowding,
development of strong conditional release
system (release on parole), wider
application of the alternatives to pre-trial
detention, promotion of the community
work and development of the proper
infrastructure.
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MCLA is carrying out infrastructural
reforms in order to improve inmates‘
living conditions. In the framework of
these reforms, three new penitentiary
establishments were opened and some
were renovated in 2010. In 2011, living
Government: The Ministry of Correction conditions of 80% of inmates are
and Legal Assistance (MCLA) adopted a commensurate with European standards.
Penitentiary Strategy and an Action Plan
which focus on the implementation of the Mother and Child Unit was built in the
draft Code on Imprisonment and measures territory of the penitentiary establishment
tackling prison overcrowding. In addition, for women in 2010 which created better
measures are being taken regarding the
living conditions for every child born in
food supply (outsourcing of food supply; the penitentiary establishment while their
establishment of shops in all penitentiary mothers are serving their sentence.
institutions that provide a possibility for
prisoners to buy additional food and
One of the main priorities of the MCLA is
hygiene items). In addition, new medical to broaden the access of inmates to
departments administering and monitoring medical care. Nowadays, each penitentiary
the healthcare system were set up at
establishment has its own medical unit,
penitentiary establishments (primary
operating 24/7. The medical service
healthcare units have been set up and
involves a full-service dental facility
equipped with modern equipment
comprising of dental therapy, surgery and
including dentist cabinets in all 16
orthopaedics, as well as consultations of
penitentiary establishments; 2 modern
psychiatrists and psychologists. In
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