CONDITIONS OF DISABLED INDIVIDUALS IN PENITENTIARY INSTITUTIONS, THE INSTITUTION FOR INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT AND TEMPORARY DETENTION ISOLATORS Through 21 October – 13 November 2013, with the financial support of the Open Society – Georgia Foundation, the National Preventive Mechanism monitored the performance by the Georgian Government of its obligations under the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UN CAT) in relation to disabled people in penitentiary institutions, the psychiatric institution and temporary detention isolators. It is for the first time in Georgia that the National Preventive Mechanism carried out such monitoring. Importance of this report is also mandated by the fact that on 26 December 2013 the Parliament of Georgia ratified the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). This Chapter describes basic trends and recommendations revealed by the monitoring. The results of the monitoring are being prepared and will be published as a separate report in the near future. The following institutions were selected for monitoring: The actual monitoring was preceded by a several-month preparatory phase when we processed and analyzed all of the accessible academic and normative resources. The monitoring showed that the needs of people with disabilities are not taken into account at pretrial detention facilities and institutions for sentenced prisoners, the institution for involuntary psychiatric treatment and temporary detention isolators. Problems revealed in each of these institutions will be discussed below in detail. According to the monitoring results, statistical data about disabled individuals and their needs are not produced 2013 ±± Penitentiary Institution No. 5 ±± Penitentiary Institution No. 11 ±± Penitentiary Institution No. 12 ±± Penitentiary Institution No. 8 ±± Penitentiary Institution No. 2 ±± Penitentiary Institution No. 15 ±± Penitentiary Institution No. 17 ±± LLC “Academician B. Naneishvili National Center of Psychic Health” ±± The temporary detention isolator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Gardabani ±± The temporary detention isolator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 1 ±± The regional temporary detention isolator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kakheti NPM Report 55