2.4.1.9.  PENITENTIARY INSTITUTION NO. 14 At the Institution no. 14, building 6, a majority of prisoners in the cells do not enjoy the legally established minimum floor space of 4 square meters. There is insufficient natural and artificial lighting in the cells. A central heating system is operational. The cells have bunk beds, individual cabinets, tables and chairs. There are TV sets in a majority of cells. The cells are not adequately ventilated. The prisoners use a shared shower room. Partitions are not installed in the shower room and distance between the taps is just one meter. The shower room has a capacity of 6 people. The sewerage system operates with defects which results in the shower room getting flooded and humid. The ventilation system is not operational in the shower room. Natural and artificial lighting is adequate in the medical unit. The cells are heated through a central heating system. In the medical unit, there is no ventilation system; also there are no taps or a toilette. This is why the prisoners have to use the toilette and the washstand in the corridor. The walls are in a satisfactory condition. At the medical unit, the shower room and the laundry room are located in the same area. Two showers are located next to each other, with no partition in between. Sanitation in the manipulation room of the medical unit is unsatisfactory. The manipulation room is separated from a reception room merely with a curtain. The quarantine unit consists of 2 cells having the capacities of 28 prisoners and 38 prisoners respectively. The floor in the cells is made of concrete. There are bunk beds and individual cabinets in the cells. Each cell has 3 windows with iron nets installed on the inner side and iron bars on the outer side, which makes penetration of daylight and movement of air in the cells difficult. The artificial lights in the cells are unsatisfactory. There is no artificial ventilation. There is no heating system in the cells. There are isolated sanitation and hygiene compartments in the cells. Solitary confinement cells and the quarantine unit have their own exercise yard, which is half-roofed and fenced with an iron net fastened to iron poles. According to the prisoners, they are able to spend an hour outdoor every day after the meal. A residential building no. 5 designed for prisoners employed at the economic unit has two floors. There are residential cells on both floors. The prisoners are not evenly allocated to the residential cells and, as a result, the cells on the first floor are overcrowded. These cells need repair. The Institution’s kitchen is under repair. It should be noted that while on its visit to the Institution no. 14 in February 2014, the National Preventive Mechanism’s monitoring group recommended repairing the kitchen because of the unsatisfactory conditions there. We welcome the fact that fulfillment of our recommendation has started and the National Preventive Mechanism hopes that the repair works will be carried out properly and completed in a reasonable time. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA 63