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 and A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation • • • A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 39 • NGOs 2008: Several facilities were partly or entirely rebuilt (pretrial Prison n. 5 Tbilisi, including new prison hospital, a new block in Rustavi opened in 2007; No. 8 in Geguti completely refurbished; Women’s colony ) However, in spite of repeated requests by non-governmental organizations, the official capacity of the new facilities has not been defined by the Ministry of Justice, and it is therefore unclear to what extent they are overcrowded A contract with a private insurance firm was signed before a joint ministerial health needs assessment process supported by ICRC had been brought to its conclusion, raising concern that the cover provided might not be adequate to the needs For overcrowding figures see table 3 Concerning announcements of an amnesty of around 3,000 prisoners in November 2008, NGOs expressed concern at the lack of preparation for release, which increases the risk of reoffending, and at the danger that amnesties discredit the practice of conditional and early release