Recommendations (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Situation during visit (See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) (k) and Pre-trial and Several cases where they were convicted prisoners be strictly not separated separated. Information received in the reporting period reportedly dreadful. On a more positive note, the newly appointed Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs has made reforms and the refurbishment of hospitals his priority. Reportedly, overcrowding, lack of health care and cases of deaths in custody continue to persist. Article 19 of the Law on Imprisonment Government: The Code on Imprisonment establishes different types of regimes in of Georgia establishes the rule of strict the same penitentiary facility, but requires separation of pre-trial and convicted strict separation of the various categories. inmates. Accused person are placed in the pre-trial detention, unless otherwise provided by the Georgian legislation and/or in case of existence of establishments of mixed type. In letter case, accused persons shall be isolated from convicted persons in the mixed type establishment, at least with separated living space.‖ The strict separation of pretrial and convicted inmates is guaranteed in all penitentiary establishments. 2005: accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture Non-governmental sources: Although under Art 9(2) of the new Code on Imprisonment, pre-trial and convicted prisoners shall be separated in mixed penitentiary establishments, in #8 mixed prison establishment in Gldani, which is the only establishment confining the pretrial prisoners, convicted prisoners are reportedly mixed with the pre-trial prisoners. Government: In 2009, the Public Defender was designated as a National 81 A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 (o) In accordance with the Optional Protocol to the 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)