in the context of inhuman and degrading treatment in many of its judgments.96 2.4.1.2.  PENITENTIARY INSTITUTION NO.8 The area of residential cells in the Institution no. 8 does not, in most cases, comply with the requirements under paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 15 of the Imprisonment Code.97 It should be noted that as a result of its visit to Georgia in 2012, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture recommended the Georgian government to ensure that every prisoner in the Institution no. 8 has at least 4 square meters of living space in the multi-occupancy cells and excess beds are removed from the cells accordingly.98 This recommendation has not been fully complied with by now. The juveniles detention facility is an exception since the cells there are designed for four people and are compatible with the above-described requirements. The artificial ventilation system does not adequately function in the residential cells. The Institution does not have an infrastructure for long-term visits. In November 2014, a Smart Reception Unit was opened in the Institution no. 8. New prisoners are initially allocated in the unit. Natural light is the cells of this unit is insufficient. The ventilation system also does not provide adequate ventilation. Despite the fact that the Smart Reception Unit has been recently renovated, there is moisture on the ceiling and walls in some cells. Moisture is visible also on the ceiling of cell no. 105 in the 2nd regime building designed for prisoners on hunger strike. The walls are peeling. Natural light and ventilation are insufficient in this cell and the cell no. 223 of the 2nd regime building. According to prisoners on hunger strike, they usually do not use their right to outdoor exercise because they are offered to go out at 7 or 8 o’clock in the morning. In the Institution no. 8, exercise yards are located on the last floors of the buildings. The exercise yards resemble cells that are covered with a metal net. There is no appropriate equipment in the yards, no chairs, and the general environment very depressing.99 Prisoners do not have the possibility of doing physical exercises. The shower rooms have cloakrooms. Six shower units are separated from each other with partitions. The floor tiles in the shower rooms are damaged. Taps and water sinks 96 97 98 99 See, inter alia, Ramishvili and Kokhreidze v. Georgia, application no. 1704/06, Judgment of 27 January 2009, par. 86; Aleksandr Makarov v. Russia, application no. 15217/07, Judgment of 12 March 2009, par. 97 Under Article 15(2) of the Imprisonment Code, the floor area per each convicted prisoner in all types of places of deprivation of liberty should not be less than 4 square meters. Under paragraph 3 of the same Article 15, a residential area per prisoner in a remand facility should not be less than 3 square meters. Report on CPT visit to Georgia on 19-23 November 2012, CPT/Inf (2013) 18, par. 33. Problems related to exercise yards are mentioned in the CPT’s report on its visit to Georgia in 2010, ar 81, accessible in English at http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/geo/2010-27-infeng.htm [last viewed 28.12.2014]. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA 59